| 100% | BARB | 4 | Fishhook's end (word hidden in "barbie") |
| 61% | PLURAL | 6 | Word that ends in S, often |
| 55% | STRUM | 5 | Word hidden in "instrument" |
| 55% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 54% | PLURALS | 7 | Words usually ending in 's' |
| 54% | EINE | 4 | Word hidden in "One in Essen" |
| 54% | STORM | 5 | Word hidden in "Tempest or monsoon" |
| 54% | PLURALS | 7 | Words that end in "s," usually |
| 53% | RINGO | 5 | Word hidden in "Drummer in good band" |
| 53% | HEART | 5 | Word hidden in "Source of the arteries" |
| 53% | HANDS | 5 | Word hidden in "Royal flush and straight" |
| 53% | OLD | 3 | Antique word hidden in "gold" |
| 52% | REAR | 4 | Word hidden in each of the theme entries |
| 52% | PLURAL | 6 | Like many words ending in "s" |
| 51% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
| 51% | ERI | 3 | Aria title word hidden in "stage right" |
| 51% | ART | 3 | Word hidden backward in "portrait" |
| 51% | ANDUP | 5 | Ending words in a price |
| 50% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
| 50% | ARIA | 4 | Word aptly hidden in Marian Anderson's name |
| 50% | EIN | 3 | German "a," also a word hidden in "Frankenstein" |
| 49% | ADO | 3 | Word hidden four times in this puzzle |
| 49% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 48% | MAW | 3 | Carnivore's mouth (word hidden in "mawn") |
| 48% | POE | 3 | Poet hidden in the word "poet" |
| 48% | FTW | 3 | Internet initialism hidden in Microsoft Word |
| 48% | FEARS | 5 | Words ending in "-phobia" |
| 48% | CHOIR | 5 | Where else to find words hidden in the three longest answers |
| 48% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 47% | LAD | 3 | Young boy hidden in the word "Aladdin" |