100% | YOURS | 5 | With 3-Down, polite end to a letter |
56% | THEDESCENTOFMAN | 15 | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
53% | INERT | 5 | With 3-Down, those you're quite unlikely to get a reaction from? |
53% | WALKOFF | 7 | With 26-Down, dramatic end to a game |
51% | AMES | 4 | With 3 Down, where George Washington Carver went to college |
49% | RISING | 6 | With 61-Down, global warming consequence, and a hint to the circled letters |
49% | PLANETARY | 9 | With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled letters |
49% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31-Down, hoedown activities, and a hint to the circled letters |
49% | SINKING | 7 | With 43-Down, uneasy anticipation ... and a hint to the circled letters |
48% | SHIFT | 5 | With 100-Down, change one's approach, and a hint to the circled letters |
47% | DEF | 3 | Letters next to 3 on a phone |
47% | BADBREAKUP | 10 | Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
46% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Letter that women send to end a relationship |
46% | ALAN | 4 | With 3 Down, ''M*A*S*H'' star |
45% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
45% | THREESOMES | 10 | Each answer to a starred clue begins and ends with identical ones |
45% | SPURT | 5 | Good thing to end a close race with |
45% | UPFOR | 5 | With 3-Down, available to whoever wants it |
45% | THIS | 4 | With 3-Down, instruction on a delivered box |
45% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down |
44% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
44% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
44% | PICKAXE | 7 | Tool with a pointed end, used to break stone |
44% | PAPER | 5 | With 3-Down, tableware item unlikely to be washed |
44% | UPSET | 5 | Sports shocker … with a hint to the circled letters |
44% | GREAT | 5 | With 3-Down, HOMES is a mnemonic for them |
44% | EASY | 4 | With 3-Down, a quick buck |
44% | SARA | 4 | With 3-Down, a Chicago bakery |
44% | MIAMI | 5 | With 3-Down, a Florida collegian |
43% | QED | 3 | Letters a mathematician might sign off the end of her proof with |