| 100% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | PARTTIMEJOB | 11 | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| 43% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 43% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | SITUP | 5 | Crunch cousin, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | THEOKCORRAL | 11 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? |
| 42% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 40% | DOUBLENEGATIVE | 14 | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle’s clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |
| 40% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 39% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 39% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |
| 38% | WISEUPTO | 8 | Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | HARDEDGED | 9 | Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers |
| 38% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 38% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 37% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 37% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 37% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 37% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 37% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | RAILROADED | 10 | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| 37% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |