| 100% | NOMAS | 5 | "Enough!," in Mexico ... or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 81% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | LEADBELLY | 9 | Legendary guitarist ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | GOOVERTHEEDGE | 13 | Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | OFFSIDES | 8 | Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | DOUBLEA | 7 | Pro baseball level ... or a hint to 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | PANDA | 5 | Popular zoo attraction ... or a hint to 11 squares in this puzzle |
| 79% | LOSTART | 7 | Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 77% | CRUSHEDICE | 10 | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |
| 75% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 72% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 72% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 72% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 72% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | BORDERLINES | 11 | Gray areas, maybe ... or a hint to 12 incomplete answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | DOTTHEI/DOTS | 12 | Attend to details ... or a hint to entering six Down answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Bond film ... or a hint to six other Down answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |