| 100% | ZZTOP | 5 | Famously bearded band (which is aptly placed in this puzzle) |
| 46% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Category for which every 30-Down in this puzzle was recognized, aptly |
| 43% | TREES | 5 | There are six hidden in this puzzle in appropriate places |
| 40% | POTHOLES | 8 | Road hazards ... four of which are illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| 39% | FILLING | 7 | Pie part (that's appropriately placed in this puzzle?) |
| 39% | ONEONONE | 8 | Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer |
| 38% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | "No charge," and a description of five places in this puzzle |
| 38% | ROADS | 5 | There are four hidden in this puzzle, which together suggest a familiar five-word saying (3,5,4,2,4) |
| 37% | SHADESOFPINK | 12 | What seven key words in this puzzle are |
| 37% | ENG | 3 | This puzzle is in it, briefly |
| 37% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 37% | NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK | 17 | Item hidden somewhere in this puzzle (where is it?) |
| 37% | TWENTYNINTHOFFEBRUARY | 21 | When the people featured in this puzzle were born |
| 37% | PRIDEPARADE | 11 | June celebration ... which is depicted in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 37% | CODES | 5 | Postal ___ (what the two-letter answers in this puzzle are) |
| 37% | LILYS | 5 | Kurt Heasley's Indie band which was formed in 1988 |
| 37% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 37% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 37% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| 37% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 36% | ENG | 3 | Language this puzzle is in: Abbr. |
| 36% | SEWINGKITS | 10 | Nine featured items in this puzzle may be found in these |
| 36% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 36% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 36% | TWOFIRSTNAMES | 13 | What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess |
| 36% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Manhattan neighborhood where the meal in this puzzle might be served? |
| 36% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 36% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 36% | LAB | 3 | Indoor place in which coats are worn |
| 36% | AWE | 3 | Wonder ... which is featured seven times in this puzzle's grid |