| 100% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 62% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 61% | CUTOUTTHE | 9 | With 35-Down, deal directly with someone, and a hint to interpreting seven answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 58% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 57% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 57% | GENDER | 6 | With 43-Across, something that escapes certain categories, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 21-Down, catchphrase that provides a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | LEFTRIGHT | 9 | With 64-Across, the political spectrum, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | SECRET | 6 | With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | ARTCENTER | 9 | Place with a gallery, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 56% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 22-Down, classic crime-movie line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 56% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | LIFECHANGING | 12 | Influential in a big way ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 56% | LOOKITSSUPERMAN | 15 | Cry in Metropolis while pointing … and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | TILTA | 5 | With 37-Across, spinning amusement ride, and a hint to this puzzle's design and circled letters |
| 55% | FANTASTICBEASTS | 15 | With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling's first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | RRXING | 6 | Intersection with flashing lights and bells, for short, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 54% | SCREEN | 6 | With 45-Down, displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | ENDOW | 5 | Support with funding, and, if reparsed, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | ONEWAYSTREETS | 13 | Most crosstown thoroughfares in Manhattan ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | SOFTANIMAL | 10 | With 62-Across, oft-quoted phrase from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 54% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |