| 100% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where you may go after reaching an impasse … or a hint for solving this puzzle's 12 starred clues |
| 39% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where you go for a fresh start ... or a hint for four answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 36% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 36% | HOLDDOWNTHEFORT | 15 | Have charge temporarily ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's three starred clues |
| 36% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 36% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 35% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle |
| 34% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 33% | LPS | 3 | Old records ... or a hint for this puzzle's seven longest answers |
| 33% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 33% | BEE | 3 | Where you might go for a spell? |
| 33% | DELIAISLE | 9 | Where you might go looking for a cut? |
| 32% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 48-Across, memorable Al Pacino movie line ... or a hint for this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | PAGETURNER | 10 | You may not need a bookmark for one ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 32% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | FILLINTHEBLANK | 14 | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| 32% | SPA | 3 | Day ___ (place where you might go for a facial) |
| 31% | NOTTOBE | 7 | Ill-fated ... or a hint for answering the six starred clues |
| 31% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | READTHEROOM | 11 | Pick up on what people are thinking... or a hint to this puzzle's starred entries |
| 31% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 30% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 30% | KNOCKOUTGAS | 11 | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and sci-fi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| 30% | CROPROTATION | 12 | Common farming technique ... or a hint to solving this puzzle |
| 30% | 24KMAGIC | 8 | Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 … or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle's answer grid |
| 30% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
| 30% | DOUBLEA | 7 | Pro baseball level ... or a hint to 12 answers in this puzzle |