| 100% | TOTALSOLARECLIPSE | 17 | Event taking place across parts of North America on Monday, represented in four spots in this puzzle |
| 37% | TOTALLUNARECLIPSE | 17 | Event on Dec. 21, 2010, viewable in North and South America, depicted visually in this puzzle |
| 36% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Event taking place in New Orleans and Minneapolis this weekend...and what 11- and 15 Across are in need of? |
| 34% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 34% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? |
| 34% | TIM | 3 | Where the ball drops on New Year's Eve ... as depicted literally in four places in this puzzle |
| 33% | DEATHVALLEY | 11 | One of the hottest places on Earth, this place is home to Badwater Basin, point of lowest elevation in North America: 2 wds. |
| 33% | AMENCORNER | 10 | Exciting section of 37-Across, familiarly ... and a configuration found in four apt places in this puzzle |
| 33% | ONEGIANTLEAP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle |
| 33% | ONESMALLSTEP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle |
| 33% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 33% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? |
| 32% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 32% | QANDASESSION | 12 | What solvers of this puzzle are taking part in? |
| 32% | SMALL | 5 | With 62-Across, a trifling amount . . . and what’s found in four places in this puzzle |
| 32% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 32% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 31% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | CORNER | 6 | With 44-Across, V.I.P. area represented four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | SPOTIFY | 7 | With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle's long answers? |
| 30% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 30% | CROPCIRCLES | 11 | Phenomenon represented four times in this puzzle |
| 30% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 30% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 30% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Some covert assignments, and a hint to four spots in this puzzle |
| 30% | BOXINGDAY | 9 | December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the "gifts" contained inside four answers |
| 30% | SWIRL | 5 | Ice cream feature represented four times in this puzzle |
| 30% | CUPOFJOE | 8 | Common diner order represented four times in this puzzle |