| 100% | CALLTO | 6 | What your attorney must have received regarding the bar and just hope it isn't a triple zombie |
| 26% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | What your mortgage usually is, and isn't, in a way |
| 26% | PARTY | 5 | Remember the first time you received a birthday ___ (celebration) invite with your name on it and couldn't wait to go? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 23% | OIL | 3 | (5/6) To light up your pumpkin, dip a wick into some ___ and ... wait, your times have LED lights! Just place them inside the hollow pumpkin. |
| 23% | DNA | 3 | Its code uses only the letters A, G, C and T |
| 22% | LEFTOVERS | 9 | What many have after Thanksgiving, and a description of the starred answers' gimmick |
| 22% | BAREBACK | 8 | Riding without a saddle, and what the starred answers all have |
| 22% | DNA | 3 | Its code uses just G, T, A and C |
| 22% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 21% | NEITHERRHYMENORREASON | 21 | What a theme answer from this puzzle would have if it included the word "month"? |
| 21% | POLEINTOFIRST | 13 | "The race has just begun, and it looks like the car from Warsaw will ___!" |
| 21% | TAMPAPROOF | 10 | What a team hopes its front line is against the Buccaneers? |
| 21% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 21% | INCOGNITO | 9 | What you hope you are when you sign your name "Mister X" and wear a long blond wig |
| 20% | HOLE | 4 | What a jelly donut doesn't have in the middle |
| 20% | DUCHESS | 7 | "The ___ and the Dirtwater Fox," 1976 film starring Goldie Hawn that has a royal designation in its title |
| 20% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 20% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 20% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 20% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 20% | FIZZLED | 7 | *I thought I had a good firework joke, but in the end, it just ___ out! (ended weakly) |
| 20% | ATTITUDE | 8 | "Pink isn't just a color, it's an ___!": Miley Cyrus |
| 20% | EAT | 3 | "You can't have your cake and ___ it too" |
| 20% | EAT | 3 | "You can't have your cake and ___ it, too" |
| 20% | TOO | 3 | "You can't have your cake and eat it ___" |
| 20% | CAKE | 4 | "You can't have your ___ and eat it too" |
| 20% | CAVA | 4 | One of Scotland's smaller Orkney Islands whose name means "calf" and that has just a lighthouse on it |
| 20% | CONTROLGROUP | 12 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
| 20% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 20% | EARL | 4 | "Me and ___ and the Dying Girl," 2015 film starring RJ Cyler that has a royal designation in its title |