| 100% | ESCAPES | 7 | Completes a timed puzzle room challenge |
| 41% | SOLVES | 6 | Completes, as a puzzle |
| 41% | SOLVED | 6 | Completed, as a puzzle |
| 41% | GOINGFULLCIRCLE | 15 | Completing a cycle, like 84-Down in this puzzle? |
| 40% | STY | 3 | Complete mess of a room |
| 40% | EON | 3 | Time in a waiting room, seemingly |
| 39% | RIDEOUTTHESTORM | 15 | Persevere through a challenging time |
| 38% | ESCAPE | 6 | Complete this room's mental challenge to get out |
| 38% | WAITING | 7 | __ room; pass time there before catching a train |
| 37% | ESCAPE | 6 | ___ room (location with puzzles and a countdown clock) |
| 37% | ESCAPE | 6 | Succeed in a modern room-based puzzle game |
| 37% | SPAN | 4 | Complete duration of a time period |
| 36% | SOLVE | 5 | Complete, as a crossword puzzle |
| 36% | SOLVE | 5 | Complete, as a jigsaw puzzle |
| 36% | WORKLIFEBALANCE | 15 | Challenge in a demanding job ... or a feature of this puzzle? |
| 36% | ABOUTFACE | 9 | Complete 180, or a terse description of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | STUMBLINGBLOCKS | 15 | Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid? |
| 35% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate, and a command followed three times in this puzzle |
| 35% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? |
| 35% | MIDACT | 6 | Suboptimal time for a theatregoer to use the rest room |
| 35% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 35% | WINDFALL | 8 | Jackpot, e.g., and a hint to completing four puzzle answers |
| 35% | BREAKBREAD | 10 | Have a meal ... or, literally, what this puzzle does four times |
| 35% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Collegians' getaway time, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 35% | TSQUARE | 7 | Drafting tool, and a feature found four times in this puzzle |
| 35% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Betrayal of a sort, as seen six times in this puzzle |
| 34% | COFFEE | 6 | With 37-Across, living room items found four times in this puzzle |
| 34% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | WENT | 4 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? |
| 34% | SPILLTHEB | 9 | Blab ... or a literal hint to completing five answers in this puzzle |