| 100% | CLUE | 4 | A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| 32% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 30% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 30% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 29% | INOVERTIME | 10 | When some contests are resolved, and a hint to ending this puzzle's theme answers |
| 29% | TENANTS | 7 | Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 28% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 28% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | THEREVIEWSAREIN | 15 | "Critics have spoken"... or a hint to what's been added to this puzzle's themed answers |
| 28% | WINESNOB | 8 | One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab? |
| 28% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 28% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 28% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 28% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 27% | BREAKBREAD | 10 | Have a meal ... or, literally, what this puzzle does four times |
| 27% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 27% | ANYTAKERS | 9 | "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them |
| 27% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 27% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 27% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 27% | CHECKMATE | 9 | One ending for a classic board game - another of which (when a player resigns) is represented visually six times in this puzzle |
| 27% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 26% | RADIO | 5 | It can be two-way ... with a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 26% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 26% | SWITCHJOBS | 10 | Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 26% | PAINT | 5 | 1966 Rolling Stones hit ... or an instruction to be followed four times in this puzzle |
| 26% | INTHECORNER | 11 | This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) |
| 26% | STIRCRAZY | 9 | Having cabin fever ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |