| 100% | FLANK | 5 | With 45-Across, meat cut that suggests six aptly placed puzzle answers |
| 30% | EVEN | 4 | With 34-Across, 50-50 chance ... or a hint to answering six equations in this puzzle |
| 30% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 29% | FLOWER | 6 | With 50-Down, place that this puzzle grid represents |
| 29% | VOWEL | 5 | Type of letter that alternates with consonants in this puzzle's answers |
| 29% | INTERSTATE | 10 | With 59-Across, highway that goes through the 15 places indicated in this puzzle, in order, north to south |
| 29% | COLLEGE | 7 | Higher education place that aptly rhymes with "knowledge" |
| 28% | EIGHT | 5 | With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | ONEONONE | 8 | Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer |
| 28% | NEW | 3 | With 21 Across, holiday aptly placed at 20/21 in this grid |
| 28% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | CLIMBING | 8 | With 91-Across, super-antsy ... or like 24 Across answers in this puzzle? |
| 27% | SPOTIFY | 7 | With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle's long answers? |
| 27% | GREEK | 5 | The short letters that the four longest Across answers end with |
| 27% | THREE | 5 | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | Phrase that aptly uses the same six different letters as 13 Across |
| 27% | PARANORMAL | 10 | With 45-Across, 2007 found-footage horror film that spawned five sequels |
| 27% | SCREEN | 6 | With 45-Down, displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | LOIN | 4 | Meat cut that may be "tender" |
| 27% | RIBTIPS | 7 | Meat cuts that are often barbecued |
| 27% | THEWEARING | 10 | With 112 Across, Irish street ballad that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 27% | PORKCHOP | 8 | Bone-in cut of meat that may be served with applesauce: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WHERES | 6 | With 45-Across, book title with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 26% | ENOUGHTO | 8 | With 45 Across, sufficient quantity for everybody |
| 26% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 26% | OUTER | 5 | With 45-Across, hurricane-prone area, and a clue to this puzzle's edges |
| 26% | POP | 3 | With 45-Across, students' unwelcome surprise ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 26% | LOIN | 4 | Meat cut that can be "short" or "top" |
| 26% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 26% | DONTTAKEANYOF | 13 | With 33-Down, Skeptic's advice ... or a "noteworthy" hint to seven Across answers in this puzzle |