| 100% | GDFR | 4 | 2015 Flo Rida hit whose letters can be found sequentially in this puzzle's three longest entries |
| 37% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 37% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 36% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 36% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle |
| 36% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | VOICEOVERARTIST | 15 | Animated film specialist, or what can be found literally three times in this puzzle |
| 35% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | Grammy-winning metal band, or what can be found three times in this puzzle? |
| 35% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | CONS | 4 | Disadvantages found in this puzzle's three longest Across answers ... |
| 34% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 34% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 34% | DEERXING | 8 | Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 34% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 33% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 32% | HALFTHEBATTLE | 13 | Important part of an undertaking . . . or what can be found in eight of this puzzle’s answers? |
| 31% | ALITTLEBIRDIE | 13 | Secret's source ... that can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | AFRICA | 6 | Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found |
| 31% | PASTRIES | 8 | Desserts whose letters can aptly be found in "patisserie" |
| 31% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 31% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 31% | SECRETINGREDIENT | 16 | Undivulged recipe component, as can be found in this puzzle's "menu items" |
| 31% | BLACKCATS | 9 | Unlucky symbols, four of which can be found in this puzzle |
| 31% | LIEUNDEROATH | 12 | Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzle |
| 31% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant thing, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Architectural marker, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |