| 100% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 44% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 43% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 43% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 43% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | BUTTOUT | 7 | "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle |
| 42% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 42% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 41% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 41% | GREEKCROSS | 10 | Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups of shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 39% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | WATCHYOURSTEP | 13 | "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 38% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | INTHECROSSHAIRS | 15 | Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |