| 100% | PRO | 3 | With 4- and 7-Across, both sides ... or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers |
| 37% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 34% | FOURTEEN | 8 | With 61-Across, what President Wilson proposed for a lasting peace ... or what's missing from the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 31% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 31% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 30% | SESAME | 6 | With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 30% | CIRCLELETTERSTO | 15 | Step 2: With 43- and 55-Across, do this in the grid (scrambled or not) ... it works for almost anyone! |
| 30% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 30% | BOOBYTRAPS | 10 | Dangers for the unwary ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23- and 47-Across? |
| 30% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 30% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 30% | AVE | 3 | Broad road with trees or buildings on both sides, for short |
| 29% | BIGBANG | 7 | Theory of the universe, or a hint to the starts of 17-Across and 7-, 10-, 35- and 40-Down |
| 29% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 29% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 29% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | 1995 platinum rap hit that starts "To all the ladies in the place with style and grace" |
| 29% | POCKETS | 7 | Keeps for oneself ... or features of the answers to all the starred clues |
| 29% | DJSET | 5 | Track mix for a party, and what the five longest Across answers comprise |
| 29% | CALLSIGNS | 9 | They all start with "K" and "W" in the U.S. |
| 28% | BAR | 3 | What 4-, 6- and 7-Across all passed |
| 28% | INONEEARAND | 11 | With 113-Across, heard but disregarded ... or a hint to interpreting the Across answers with circled letters |
| 28% | FIVEIRONS | 9 | Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Down |
| 28% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 28% | TOMDICKANDHARRY | 15 | Anybody ... and the missing clues for 30-, 48- and 63-Across |
| 28% | DIRTYWORDS | 10 | Curses ... or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 27% | SHAPESHIFTER | 12 | Werewolf, e.g. ... or the one responsible for 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 27% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, the sound of rain or a whirring fan |
| 27% | KYRIE | 5 | With 37-Across, starting guard for the 43-Across |