| 100% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 52% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 50% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | PH/FONETICALLY | 14 | Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | CONDENSEDMILK | 13 | Ingredient of sweetened Thai tea, and a hint to solving some squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 47% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 46% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |
| 46% | SLANT | 5 | Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) |
| 45% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares |
| 45% | LITTLEITALY | 11 | Neighborhood near SoHo, and a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 45% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 45% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | OURBODIES | 9 | "Bans off ___" (Pro-choice rallying cry, and a hint to the circles in this puzzle) |
| 45% | ICEBOXES | 8 | Fridges' predecessors, and a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | TURNINGPOINTS | 13 | Decisive moments, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | SPACEMOUNTAIN | 13 | Futuristic indoor roller coaster since 1977 ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 44% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 44% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous message at the top of a returned assignment ... and a hint to the beginning of four answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 44% | TORISPELLING | 12 | Author of a bestselling 2008 autobiography, and a hint to some pictographs in this puzzle |
| 44% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |