| 100% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 55% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | "No charge," and a description of five places in this puzzle |
| 49% | GETOVERIT | 9 | "Enough of the pity party!" ... and what appears four times in this puzzle? |
| 49% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| 46% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 45% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 44% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 42% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit-flavored candy … or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle |
| 42% | SERVICEANIMAL | 13 | Nonhuman helper, and a description of this puzzle's mascots? |
| 42% | MOVINGVAN | 9 | Relocation aid, and a description of its progress through this puzzle |
| 41% | PARTTIMEJOB | 11 | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| 41% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 41% | SMALL | 5 | With 62-Across, a trifling amount . . . and what’s found in four places in this puzzle |
| 41% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 41% | SITUP | 5 | Crunch cousin, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 41% | ICEBREAKER | 10 | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | LONGJOHNS | 9 | Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle |
| 41% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | CARTALK | 7 | NPR show from 1977 to 2021, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 40% | HARDEDGED | 9 | Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers |
| 39% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 39% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 39% | OKBYME | 6 | "I'm good with it," or a description of eight occurrences in this puzzle |
| 39% | EASY | 4 | Like Mini crosswords ... and a phonetic description of this puzzle? |
| 39% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |