| 100% | FOUR | 4 | With 69-Across, childish taunt ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| 67% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | 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 |
| 56% | NATO | 4 | With 115-Across, communication system that's a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 56% | SPLITPEAS | 9 | Certain soup ingredients … or a homophonic hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | TRADITIONAL | 11 | With 49- and 69-Across, a hint to the meanings of the bracketed clues |
| 55% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 55% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentiously cultured, and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | AYEAYE | 6 | "Yes, captain" ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | GATECHANGE | 10 | Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | ESCAPEE | 7 | Search dogs' target ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | WATER | 5 | Liquid whose chemical formula is a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 53% | ICANSHOW | 8 | With 39- and 44-Across, promise that Aladdin sings to Jasmine (and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) |
| 53% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Back-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| 53% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 52% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 52% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 52% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 52% | ISTOO | 5 | Other side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four double-starred clues |