| 100% | SLEEPINGCAR | 11 | Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle |
| 54% | POBOX | 5 | Certain mailing address, for short ... or a hint to 14 squares in this puzzle |
| 47% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 46% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle |
| 45% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | BBB | 3 | Grp. that battles consumer fraud ... or a hint to some much-repeated letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | TAKETHEL | 8 | Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | PSANDQS | 7 | Good behavior ... or a hint to two lines of letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | DOTTHEI/DOTS | 12 | Attend to details ... or a hint to entering six Down answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | LOSTART | 7 | Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 43% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 43% | TASTE | 5 | It's often unaccounted for ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | 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 |
| 42% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | LEARNINGYIDDISH | 15 | Title on certain language videos ... with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | FLIPONESLID | 11 | Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 41% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |