| 100% | LEAVEME | 7 | With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 55% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 53% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | ITCOUPLES | 9 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | HALFOFF | 7 | Discounted 50% ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | THEREARENOWORDS | 15 | "I can't even!" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | World hot spot ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Invitation-only debut ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | EVERYONESACRITIC | 16 | Exasperated response to piled-on feedback ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | BLACK | 5 | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | SHARINGISCARING | 15 | Preschool teacher's mantra … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | REVENGEISADISH | 14 | With 11-Down, proverb about delayed retribution, with a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 52% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Don't give up yet!" ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Well-kept secret ... or a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 51% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 51% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |