| 100% | SIR | 3 | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| 48% | THEEND | 6 | With 39-Across, doomsayer's assertion ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across |
| 45% | TOP | 3 | With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 44% | ANDY | 4 | "Toy Story" boy ... or, with the circled letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across |
| 44% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 44% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 43% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 42% | YOUMUSTBE | 9 | With 39- and 63-Across, a divorce lawyer's guarantee? |
| 41% | GREEK | 5 | With 58-Across, "Antigone" and others ... or, when reinterpreted, a hint to 17-, 31- and 50-Across |
| 41% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 41% | IDEMANDARECOUNT | 15 | Mathematician's response to 17-, 22-, 51- and 58-Across? |
| 40% | HALTING | 7 | Obeying a military command to stop |
| 40% | STARTUP | 7 | With 39-Across, seed money ... or what 18-, 24-, 48- and 58-Across each has |
| 40% | BETWEEN | 7 | With 39-Across, a description of the answers inside 17-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across |
| 40% | START | 5 | With 39-Across, advice from 29-Across on how to win a lifetime achievement award |
| 40% | MIDDLE | 6 | With 44-Down, educational stage ... or a hint to the contents of 18-, 22-, 47- and 53-Across |
| 40% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 39% | OUTER | 5 | With 39-Across, region beyond the Kármán line ... or a literal hint to what this puzzle has |
| 39% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| 39% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 39% | BUT | 3 | With 57-Down, possible response to 20-, 31- or 39-Across |
| 38% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 38% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
| 38% | SPLIT | 5 | With 51-Across, nitpick ... or a hint to 17-, 37- and 60-Across |
| 38% | CORNER | 6 | With 41-Across, corporate status symbol ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 38% | RISING | 6 | With 61-Down, global warming consequence, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 38% | THEBEST | 7 | With 51-Across, Sinatra classic, and a hint to completing three puzzle answers |
| 38% | CHANGE | 6 | With 36- and 39-Across, go from 1- to 61-Across |
| 38% | VIDEOOF | 7 | With 39-Across, 2012 honor given to 11-Down: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FOURHCLUBS | 10 | Youth groups ... with a hint to 17-, 28- and 44-Across |