| 100% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 60% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 58% | COTTONCANDY | 11 | Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle |
| 57% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 57% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 57% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 56% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |
| 56% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 56% | 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 |
| 56% | SLEEPINGCAR | 11 | Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle |
| 55% | RUNNING | 7 | With 57-Across, 1977 Jackson Browne album ... or a hint to what's depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 55% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 55% | READMUSIC | 9 | Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 54% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle |
| 53% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | WATCHYOURSTEP | 13 | "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle |
| 53% | LADIES | 6 | With 63-Across, what some performers saw in Las Vegas? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | MACVSPC | 7 | Epic battle in technology ... or a hint to four crossings in this puzzle |
| 52% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |