| 100% | ERI | 3 | Aria title word hidden in "stage right" |
| 46% | STRUM | 5 | Word hidden in "instrument" |
| 45% | EINE | 4 | Word hidden in "One in Essen" |
| 45% | STORM | 5 | Word hidden in "Tempest or monsoon" |
| 44% | RINGO | 5 | Word hidden in "Drummer in good band" |
| 44% | HEART | 5 | Word hidden in "Source of the arteries" |
| 44% | HANDS | 5 | Word hidden in "Royal flush and straight" |
| 44% | OLD | 3 | Antique word hidden in "gold" |
| 43% | REAR | 4 | Word hidden in each of the theme entries |
| 42% | ART | 3 | Word hidden backward in "portrait" |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
| 42% | EIN | 3 | German "a," also a word hidden in "Frankenstein" |
| 41% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | Word hidden four times in this puzzle |
| 41% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 40% | NOOSE | 5 | Title word in the 14th Kinsey Millhone novel |
| 40% | POE | 3 | Poet hidden in the word "poet" |
| 40% | FTW | 3 | Internet initialism hidden in Microsoft Word |
| 40% | CHOIR | 5 | Where else to find words hidden in the three longest answers |
| 40% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 40% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet for a river (word hidden in "arias") |
| 39% | LAD | 3 | Young boy hidden in the word "Aladdin" |
| 39% | ANT | 3 | Insect aptly hidden in the word "pantry" |
| 39% | ART | 3 | Museum display hidden in the word "tart" |
| 39% | EAT | 3 | Have lunch, hidden in the word "meat" |
| 39% | ENTER | 5 | Word in a stage direction |
| 39% | ADO | 3 | Word in a Shakespeare title |
| 39% | SYNE | 4 | Word in a Burns title |
| 39% | SHUT | 4 | Word in a Kubrick title |
| 39% | MER | 3 | Word in a Debussy title |