| 100% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | You'll flip over these desserts (and a hint to seven answers in this puzzle) |
| 60% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | GOOVERTHEEDGE | 13 | Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | CUTOUTTHE | 9 | With 35-Down, deal directly with someone, and a hint to interpreting seven answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | SKIPPER | 7 | Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 15 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) |
| 55% | DOUBLEV | 7 | W.W. II-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 53% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 53% | DOINGBACKFLIPS | 14 | Performing gymnastic feats, and a hint to seven words "attracted" to their opposites in this puzzle |
| 53% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 52% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | CSPAN | 5 | "Gavel-to-gavel" broadcaster, and a hint to six long answers in this puzzle |