| 100% | ELIZA | 5 | Doolittle, whose speech patterns can be heard in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 44% | OOHS | 4 | Sounds of awe heard twice in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | MAGI | 4 | Wise guys featured in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER | 21 | This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| 38% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 38% | AEIOUY | 6 | Sextet featured in order in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | SNOWMEN | 7 | Winter figures, made from the "bonus" letters in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | ABBR | 4 | Clue hint used four times in this puzzle (but can't be used here because it would give away the answer) |
| 37% | GRADE | 5 | With 57-Across, GPA lowerer evident in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 37% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 37% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 37% | ITTEAM | 6 | Group of PC experts ... or what this puzzle’s 10 theme answers are? |
| 36% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 36% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 36% | SECRETINGREDIENT | 16 | Undivulged recipe component, as can be found in this puzzle's "menu items" |
| 36% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 36% | SCOOBYDOO | 9 | Cartoon canine whose speech patterns inspired four puzzle answers |
| 36% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | WEST | 4 | The half of the keyboard on which all of this puzzle's answers can be typed |
| 35% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle |
| 35% | ERIN | 4 | Name that can be heard phonetically somewhere in this clue |
| 35% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 35% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 35% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 35% | PLANET | 6 | Item in this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | EAGLE | 5 | Score in this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | FERMI | 5 | Pioneer in this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | FAMILYMATTERS | 13 | TV series whose title is this puzzle's theme |