| 100% | ONI | 3 | Demonic being whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 81% | POE | 3 | "Tamarlane and Other Poems" author, whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 74% | PETE | 4 | Trumpeter Minger (whose first name is hidden in this clue) |
| 59% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is hidden in "tape" |
| 59% | OREO | 4 | Cookie whose name is hidden in "choreography" |
| 58% | ELS | 3 | Ernie ___, golfer whose name is hidden in "Helsinki" |
| 57% | ARI | 3 | NPR host Shapiro whose name is hidden in "Costa Rica" |
| 57% | LEN | 3 | Male name hidden in this clue |
| 56% | ELTON | 5 | Name hidden in this clue (not left-to-right) |
| 56% | ALOU | 4 | Fraternal outfielders' name hidden in this clue |
| 55% | TSAI | 4 | Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle" |
| 54% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 54% | ANNE | 4 | Hidden name in this clue (if you read backwards) |
| 53% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 53% | ETHAN | 5 | Name hidden across more than one word in this clue |
| 53% | ERIN | 4 | Name that can be heard phonetically somewhere in this clue |
| 53% | ANSEL | 5 | Male's name hidden backward in this clue |
| 52% | MRT | 3 | Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle |
| 51% | ELBA | 4 | Island whose name is another word in this puzzle spelled backward |
| 51% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle |
| 51% | TILTEDARC | 9 | Controversial Richard Serra installation whose name is represented twice in this puzzle |
| 51% | ESAI | 4 | Morales aiming to be cast, and whose name is hidden somewhere in "Morales aiming to be cast" |
| 49% | SPAN | 4 | [The clue for this answer is hidden elsewhere in this puzzle] |
| 49% | WEAR | 4 | (The clue for this answer is hiding elsewhere in this puzzle ...) |
| 49% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 49% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | DDE | 3 | Presidential monogram hidden in this clue |
| 47% | ETA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in this clue |
| 47% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. centers hidden in this clue |
| 47% | UBE | 3 | Purple tuber hidden in this clue |