| 100% | ASUS | 4 | Computer and phone company found in the word "pegasus" |
| 45% | OAT | 3 | Cereal found in the word "bloat" |
| 45% | URN | 3 | Vessel found in the word "burn" |
| 44% | HAN | 3 | Chinese dynasty found in the word "Shanghai" |
| 44% | OAT | 3 | Cereal grain found in the word "bloat" |
| 44% | PLO | 3 | Political grp. found in the word "diplomacy" |
| 44% | ERG | 3 | Unit fittingly found in the word energy |
| 44% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | Hearing organ that's found in the word "hearing" |
| 43% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 43% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 42% | PROTON | 6 | Found in the nucleus and has a positive charge |
| 41% | YAM | 3 | Vegetable found in the Swahili word for "meat" |
| 41% | DELLS | 5 | Michael who founded the giant computer company and his brother Adam who founded Civitas Learning and Buzzsaw.com |
| 40% | NARNIA | 6 | Land found in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 40% | SELFIE | 6 | A self-portrait photo you take on your phone, and a word added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2014 |
| 39% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 39% | SAAB | 4 | Swedish aircraft and defence company founded in 1937 |
| 39% | POL | 3 | Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers |
| 39% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | IBM | 3 | Company featured in the documentary "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine" |
| 38% | ARMS | 4 | Plural word found in the Second Amendment |
| 38% | APPLE | 5 | — Computer Company, manufacturer co-founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak in 1976 |
| 38% | BAYER | 5 | Company that originated the word "aspirin" and still sells aspirin |
| 38% | ELA | 3 | Portuguese word found in the middle of "delay" |
| 38% | DOLE | 4 | Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 |
| 38% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 38% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 37% | AEIOU | 5 | Quintet found in so-called "supervocalic" words, like "education" and "facetious" |
| 37% | UBER | 4 | Ridesharing company founded by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick in 2009 |