| 100% | CAPS | 4 | ALL ___ (WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN, FOR SHORT) |
| 84% | ENG | 3 | Language this clue is written in, for short |
| 76% | ENG | 3 | Language in which this clue is written, for short |
| 75% | CAPS | 4 | WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN |
| 75% | ALLCAPS | 7 | WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN |
| 68% | ENG | 3 | Language this crossword is written in, for short |
| 61% | CAPS | 4 | ALL ___ (WHAT THIS CLUE IS IN) |
| 60% | ALLCAPS | 7 | WHAT THIS CLUE IS IN |
| 60% | BOLD | 4 | What this clue is in |
| 60% | ENG | 3 | The language this clue is written in: Abbr. |
| 60% | ALLCAPS | 7 | WHAT THESE WORDS ARE WRITTEN IN |
| 56% | THEME | 5 | What this clue's number is for this puzzle |
| 52% | YODASPEAK | 9 | Written in it this clue is |
| 52% | NBA | 3 | What buckets are made in, for short |
| 51% | SENTENCE | 8 | What this clue is |
| 50% | ARE | 3 | What "r" may be short for, in a text |
| 50% | END | 3 | What this clue is, with "the" |
| 49% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 49% | INCAPS | 6 | HOW THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN |
| 48% | BIRTHYEAR | 9 | What the number in brackets is for the people featured in this puzzle |
| 48% | 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 |
| 48% | ENG | 3 | Language used in this clue, for short |
| 48% | CAPS | 4 | THIS CLUE IS IN IT |
| 47% | SUB | 3 | What Red October is in "The Hunt for Red October," for short |
| 47% | CAPS | 4 | "___ LOCK" (KEY HIT BEFORE THIS CLUE WAS WRITTEN) |
| 47% | SALESPROMOTIONS | 15 | Marketing strategies, and what the mascots in this puzzle have all been given? |
| 46% | HAIKU | 5 | Poetry verse form/in which this clue is written/how meta indeed |
| 46% | ASL | 3 | What lectures at Gallaudet University are delivered in, for short |
| 46% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 46% | EPICVERSE | 9 | What the Aeneid is written in |