| 100% | SEVENTYNINE | 11 | Atomic number of the special parts of this puzzle which, when connected, form a 113-Across |
| 37% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 37% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 36% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 35% | GUT | 3 | The part of your body which is often referred to when you get a "feeling" about something |
| 35% | LOGICALFALLACY | 14 | Part of a flawed argument, examples of which are seen throughout this puzzle |
| 34% | TRADE | 5 | With 38-Across, what the four key parts of this puzzle are |
| 34% | MIDWEST | 7 | What the circled parts of this puzzle comprise |
| 34% | MINGDYNASTY | 11 | Group that was in power when the best-preserved form of this puzzle's landmark was built |
| 34% | NINE | 4 | See 14 Across ... or the number of interconnected Monday puzzles before this one, starting with 3/15 |
| 34% | BLOCK | 5 | The 2x2 black square near the middle of this puzzle's grid, e.g., which is part of eight answers |
| 34% | ANTS | 4 | Tiny critters in the shaded parts of this puzzle |
| 34% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 33% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
| 33% | SEVENTHHEAVEN | 13 | Total bliss ... or, when read in three parts, a description of the region above this grid? |
| 33% | EXTRACT | 7 | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| 33% | DRAWKCAB | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the top half of this puzzle vis-à-vis the bottom |
| 32% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | "Pillowtalk" hitmaker Zayn Malik was a part of this English-Irish boy band formed during the seventh season of "The X Factor": 2 wds. |
| 32% | FOUR | 4 | Number of 69-Across surrounding the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 32% | FLIGHT | 6 | "The ___ of the Phoenix," 1965 film starring James Stewart ... or part of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 32% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 32% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 32% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 32% | GOLF | 4 | Game in which a certain tournament's champions put on aptly colorful jackets (you can find this tournament in the first letters of this puzzle's circled colors) |
| 32% | CLUING | 6 | Writing this part of the puzzle |
| 32% | CASTING | 7 | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |
| 32% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 31% | BACKWARD | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| 31% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and planets are a part of this system |