| 100% | CREAMCHEESE | 11 | Bagel topping spelled using only the letters of 89-Down |
| 64% | DADBLASTED | 10 | No-good, spelled using only the letters of 71-Down |
| 64% | ASTOUNDING | 10 | Really impressive, spelled using only the letters of 39-Down |
| 64% | PISTACHIOS | 10 | Snack items spelled using only the letters of 36-Down |
| 64% | GEORGIANERA | 11 | Historical period spelled using only the letters of 2-Down |
| 62% | NATHANHALE | 10 | Revolutionary War hero spelled using only the letters of 13-Down |
| 59% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" |
| 45% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 38% | DNA | 3 | Its code uses only the letters A, G, C and T |
| 36% | XRAY | 4 | Only hyphenated letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 35% | CEE | 3 | Third letter of the alphabet, spelled out |
| 35% | HONOLULUHAWAII | 14 | City whose language uses only the 12 letters found in this puzzle |
| 35% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Country spelled with the only nine letters used in this puzzle's answers |
| 34% | PANGRAM | 7 | Sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet |
| 34% | NUS | 3 | Letters in the Greek spelling of "Parthenon" |
| 34% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the top of a page |
| 34% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the top of a window |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | Letter in the classical spelling of "Athena" |
| 34% | THETA | 5 | Letter in the Greek spelling of Athens |
| 34% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | Only day of the week with nine letters |
| 34% | NMI | 3 | Letters used in the absence of a letter |
| 34% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the top of a browser window |
| 34% | FYI | 3 | Letters at the top of an interoffice memo |
| 33% | ESC | 3 | Letters at the top of a 4-Across keyboard |
| 33% | TRAININGSEMINAR | 15 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of MASTERING |
| 33% | TREASUREHUNTER | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of UNEARTHS |
| 33% | TSE | 3 | Russian letter in the spelling of "tsar" |
| 33% | GETTINGMARRIED | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME |
| 33% | SKIS | 4 | Use a pair of these to slide down the mountain |
| 33% | PSI | 3 | First letter in the Greek spelling of "Psyche" |