| 100% | REPEAT | 6 | What three-letter words do in five answers in this puzzle |
| 72% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 68% | ENDING | 6 | Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do |
| 67% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 66% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 65% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 65% | GOOUTONALIMB | 12 | Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do |
| 65% | DROPTROU | 8 | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| 64% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| 62% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 62% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 62% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | WATERCOLORS | 11 | Some Winslow Homer art ... or what five answers in this puzzle are? |
| 61% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 61% | PUTONTHESPOT | 12 | Pressured, or what five squares in this puzzle do |
| 61% | FLOSS | 5 | Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | SOLVEFORX | 9 | Common directive in 17-Across … or what to do with five squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | GOESUPANDDOWN | 13 | What each group of circled words in this puzzle does |
| 59% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| 59% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 58% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 58% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 58% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 58% | BURSTOUT | 8 | With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to do |
| 57% | WORDSQUARE | 10 | Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 56% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |