| 100% | REVENGEISADISH | 14 | With 11-Down, proverb about delayed retribution, with a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 68% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 64% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 64% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 63% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 63% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 57% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 56% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 56% | WALLFLOWERS | 11 | Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter |
| 56% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 54% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | YOUKNOWTHEREST | 14 | "Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 53% | LEAVEME | 7 | With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 52% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 52% | NATO | 4 | With 115-Across, communication system that's a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 51% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 51% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 51% | ITSINTHERE | 10 | Longtime Prego slogan ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 50% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |