| 100% | MONTH | 5 | Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 49% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 48% | THEE | 4 | Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 47% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 46% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle's sequence of shaded squares |
| 45% | LITTLEKID | 9 | Child represented in six squares in this puzzle (in either of two different ways) |
| 45% | MISTERSCOTT | 11 | Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!" |
| 45% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 44% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 43% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 43% | STAFF | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 43% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 43% | USS | 3 | Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 42% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 42% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 42% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 42% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 42% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 42% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 41% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 41% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 41% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 41% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 41% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 40% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 40% | NOS | 3 | Features of 124 squares in this puzzle: Abbr. |
| 40% | PIRATE | 6 | One with an "eye patch," hook hand and peg leg, as represented in this puzzle's grid |