| 100% | KANGAROOWORD | 12 | Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 49% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 49% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 48% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 48% | CANADIANPROVINCE | 16 | What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for |
| 47% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 46% | BADLUCK | 7 | Supposed consequence of any of the three no-nos in this puzzle |
| 46% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle |
| 45% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this location in the puzzle |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 44% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 44% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 44% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 43% | PORTMANTEAU | 11 | Term for the other longest answers in the puzzle (and 92 Down) |
| 43% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | BOXINGDAY | 9 | December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the "gifts" contained inside four answers |
| 42% | DECISIONFATIGUE | 15 | Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 41% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 41% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 41% | PUN | 3 | Any of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | FEATUREARTICLE | 14 | In-depth news story, or any of the reviews mentioned in this puzzle? |
| 41% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |