| 100% | AVIEW | 5 | With — to (in hopes of) |
| 74% | FLIP | 4 | With 1-Down, tough bit of footwear to run in |
| 73% | CROSBY | 6 | Bing who teamed with Hope in "Road to ..." films |
| 72% | AFOUL | 5 | In opposition to, with "of" |
| 72% | SUNROOM | 7 | Area in home with lots of windows to catch rays |
| 71% | NEWSHOLE | 8 | Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism |
| 69% | MOCK | 4 | To make fun of something in a scornful manner (rhymes with "chalk") |
| 68% | OFF | 3 | Prefix with "side" to mean an important rule in the game of soccer |
| 68% | TETEBECHE | 9 | In philately, a joined pair of stamps printed with one inverted in relation to the other |
| 67% | DNA | 3 | Genetic sample analyzed in some episodes of "How to Get Away with Murder" (Abbr.) |
| 66% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 66% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | STALL | 5 | Delay in hope of extra time |
| 66% | MUSIAL | 6 | One of three men to play in 24 All-Star Games, with Aaron and Mays |
| 66% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 65% | TETEBECHE | 9 | In philately, a joined pair of stamps printed with one inverted in relation to the other (4-5) |
| 65% | GAINS | 5 | What investors in candy companies hope to get that patrons of candy companies hope to avoid |
| 65% | SPLIT | 5 | With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles |
| 65% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 65% | OHS | 3 | Cries of surprise ... with a hint to all the non-Y vowels found in this puzzle |
| 64% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue |
| 64% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 64% | INDIAMAN | 8 | Sailing ship of the 17th to 19th centuries engaged in trade with the East or West Indies |
| 63% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 63% | VOODOO | 6 | Type of doll that Singh tries to kill Indy with in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" |
| 63% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | Actress of "Up in the Air" who rose to prominence with 1998 Broadway musical "High Society": 2 wds. |
| 63% | SPOTTHEDIFFERENCE | 17 | Kind of visual puzzle ... or what to do with each line in this puzzle's two shaded areas |
| 63% | SARA | 4 | Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "Drowning in the sea of love / Where everyone would love to drown" |
| 62% | PICADOR | 7 | In bullfighting, a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance to weaken it in the early stages of a fight |