| 100% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 78% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 71% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 71% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 71% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 71% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 71% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 70% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle's sequence of shaded squares |
| 70% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 70% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 70% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | 21 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle |
| 69% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 68% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 67% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 67% | BUTTOUT | 7 | "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle |
| 67% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | ROLLINGBLACKOUT | 15 | Temporary, controlled power shutdown … or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |
| 66% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 65% | TALLORDER | 9 | Big ask ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 65% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 65% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 65% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 64% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 63% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | CRUSHEDICE | 10 | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |