| 100% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 61% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 60% | SKIPAD | 6 | Ubiquitous YouTube button ... and a hint to four long Across answers |
| 59% | WATER | 5 | With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers |
| 58% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | PUTTS | 5 | Golf strokes ... and when combined with 48-Down and divided in four parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 56% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 56% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 55% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 55% | LETDOWN | 7 | Disappointment ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 55% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | LEAVEMEOUTOFTHIS | 16 | "No comment!" ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 55% | ALLIN | 5 | Totally committed, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 55% | BROADWAYSMASHES | 15 | Hit shows, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 55% | THESUNALSORISES | 15 | Hemingway title, and a hint to a three-letter answer that fits with four stealthy seven-letter answers |
| 54% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 54% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 54% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Neither lose nor gain... and a hint to four long answers |
| 54% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 53% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 53% | SUITSUP | 7 | Gets ready for the big game ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 53% | THEBEST | 7 | With 51-Across, Sinatra classic, and a hint to completing three puzzle answers |
| 53% | UMBRELLAACADEMY | 15 | With "The," Netflix title superhero team ... and a hint to something associated with 19-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 53% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 52% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |