| 100% | ESIR | 4 | Ascend (entered appropriately in this grid) |
| 81% | FALL | 4 | Plummet (entered appropriately in this grid) |
| 55% | ROW | 3 | Each of 15 in this grid |
| 55% | SIZE | 4 | One of four in this grid |
| 55% | ROW | 3 | One of eight in this grid |
| 53% | ROW | 3 | One of 13 in this grid? |
| 50% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of theme answers in this grid |
| 50% | PIP | 3 | What every "O" in this grid represents |
| 50% | TOP | 3 | Where 1-Across is in this grid |
| 49% | SLASHMARK | 9 | Nonet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 49% | SCALES | 6 | What some black squares in this grid represent |
| 49% | WORD | 4 | Two-___ (like a dozen answers in this grid) |
| 49% | TEN | 3 | Number of eight-letter entries in this grid |
| 49% | DOWNS | 5 | Some are ten letters long in this grid |
| 49% | SCALE | 5 | What the shaded letters in this grid depict |
| 49% | TETRIS | 6 | Best-selling video game celebrated in this grid |
| 48% | COMMA | 5 | Lower pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 48% | APOSTROPHE | 10 | Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 48% | CAPITALELL | 10 | Higher septet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 48% | SEVEN | 5 | Lower septet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 48% | GUITAR | 6 | Instrument depicted by the circled squares in this grid |
| 48% | BLACKEYE | 8 | Injury found in this grid's upper-left corner |
| 48% | GREENTEA | 8 | Beverage found in this grid's lower-left corner |
| 48% | BLUEJAY | 7 | Bird found in this grid's lower-right corner |
| 48% | LETTERH | 7 | Approximate shape of the white squares in this grid |
| 48% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 48% | NINA | 4 | Hidden 5 times in this grid, caricaturist Hirschfeld's daughter |
| 48% | MONTYPYTHON | 11 | Group who may see a holy grail in this grid |
| 48% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Colleague of eight others who are hiding in this grid |
| 48% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |