| 100% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 72% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 68% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 67% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 67% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 60% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 60% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 60% | WATCHYOURSTEP | 13 | "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle |
| 60% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | INTHECROSSHAIRS | 15 | Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 59% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | 21 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle |
| 59% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | THEIDES | 7 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |