| 100% | HERMIT | 6 | Crab that hides in others' shells |
| 66% | HERMIT | 6 | __ crab, crustacean that squats in others' shells |
| 53% | HERMIT | 6 | Type of crab that lives in sea shells |
| 45% | MORAYEEL | 8 | Nocturnal snake-like fish that hides in crevices |
| 45% | BOOGEYMAN | 9 | A scary figure that hides in kids' bedrooms |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | Body part hidden in "Hear that?" |
| 42% | IDEST | 5 | That is, in other words |
| 41% | EROS | 4 | Name hidden in seven other answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
| 38% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 38% | RECYCLEDMETAL | 13 | Scrapyard commodity ... and what's hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | LANDSNAIL | 9 | Slow, shelled gastropod that doesn't live in water |
| 37% | HARDTACO | 8 | Meal that comes in a handheld shell |
| 36% | CONCHES | 7 | Molluscs that live in shells used as instruments |
| 36% | NOVA | 4 | The one that created the crab nebula in 1054 was super! |
| 36% | NILE | 4 | Longest river in Africa that passes through Egypt and other countries |
| 36% | OVERWORLD | 9 | Area in a video game that connects to all other locations |
| 35% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 34% | STOAT | 5 | Beast that changes color in winter and then hides to avoid royal furriers |
| 34% | BELT | 4 | Spy's waist accessory that may have hidden compartments for storing other gadgets |
| 34% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Maxim that applies to pairs hiding together in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | USSR | 4 | Nation that split into Russia and 14 other nations in the 1990s: Abbr. |
| 34% | THEIDES | 7 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | THREE | 5 | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | PLACKET | 7 | Opening in a garment that hides buttonholes |
| 34% | MILE | 4 | Distance measure that's hidden in "smile" |
| 33% | OBE | 3 | Honor that one Beckham received in 2003 and the other received in 2017 (abbr.) |
| 33% | COWERS | 6 | Hides in fear |
| 33% | THATIS | 6 | In other words |
| 33% | IDEST | 5 | In other words |