| 100% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 57% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 52% | LADIES | 6 | With 63-Across, what some performers saw in Las Vegas? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 52% | BANANA | 6 | With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 51% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 50% | GREEKCROSS | 10 | Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups of shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | ALLAS | 5 | What a student with a 4.0 G.P.A. has ... or a hint to the vowels in this puzzle |
| 48% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | With 61-Across, 1987 Robert Townsend satire ... or a hint to deciphering four clues in this puzzle |
| 47% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | OHS | 3 | Cries of surprise ... with a hint to all the non-Y vowels found in this puzzle |
| 47% | SCREEN | 6 | With 45-Down, displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | RUNNING | 7 | With 57-Across, 1977 Jackson Browne album ... or a hint to what's depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 47% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 46% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 45% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 45% | ROLEREVERSAL | 12 | Plot device used in "Freaky Friday" ... or a hint to the interior of 20-, 26- or 42-Across |
| 45% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 45% | BREAKINGRANKS | 13 | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| 45% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | SLANT | 5 | Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) |
| 45% | DONTTAKEANYOF | 13 | With 33-Down, Skeptic's advice ... or a "noteworthy" hint to seven Across answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 45% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |