| 100% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 43% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentious, or phonetically the two letters that get separated in this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| 42% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 42% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 42% | FLIPPINGHOUSES | 14 | Buying, renovating and quickly selling homes for profit ... or what this puzzle's theme entries are literally doing |
| 42% | BETWEENTHELINES | 15 | Where to look for hidden words in this puzzle's fifth and eleventh columns? |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | In one ___ and out the other (how a word may travel through someone's brain--or through this puzzle grid) |
| 41% | CURLINGSTONES | 13 | Items guided by brooms in the Winter Olympics ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | SIXDEGREES | 10 | Often-cited distance between things ... or what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 41% | GAMESEVEN | 9 | Playoff series finale ... or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries |
| 40% | ETC | 3 | Hidden element in this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 40% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 40% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 40% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 40% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "And we're done!" ... or what you might say when you see the words hidden in the themed answers? |
| 39% | REAR | 4 | Word hidden in each of the theme entries |
| 39% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | AQUATIC | 7 | Like the five animals in this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | USMAP | 5 | Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 38% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 38% | SEVERAL | 7 | Four or five, or how to make the theme answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | INSIDETHELINES | 14 | Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? |
| 38% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | RITAMORENO | 10 | Onetime winner of all the awards in this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | BROKENHEART | 11 | Lover's woe ... or something found, literally, in the 4th, 5th, 8th and 11th rows of this puzzle |
| 38% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 38% | DECISIONFATIGUE | 15 | Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle's theme |