| 100% | DECLARATION | 11 | With 114-Across, source of the phrase formed by the ends of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | AFTERTHOUGHT | 12 | “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? |
| 55% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 54% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 49% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | TAMES | 5 | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | GETTINGONESDUCKS | 16 | With 69-Across, organizational process implied by eight answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | FIRSTAMENDMENT | 14 | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| 48% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | OSCAR | 5 | With 56-Down, start of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 45% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 45% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 45% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 44% | DONMCLEAN | 9 | Singer of the lyric formed by the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 44% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | BLOCK | 5 | Literal element of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 43% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 43% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |