| 100% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 61% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 61% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 58% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 58% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 58% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 58% | 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 |
| 58% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 56% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 56% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 55% | DOUBLEBOOK | 10 | Reserve twice in error, as an airline seat ... or a hint to the two-part answers to starred clues |
| 55% | PANDA | 5 | World Wildlife Fund logo ... or a three-word hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 55% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| 55% | DOWNSIZE | 8 | Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 54% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 54% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 54% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 54% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 54% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |