| 100% | OEDIPAL | 7 | Freudian son's obsession with mother is this |
| 39% | FRANK | 5 | With 33-Across, Mothers of Invention guitarist whose son Dweezil is also a guitarist |
| 37% | BIRDNEST | 8 | This soup is made with a swiftlet's home |
| 36% | SUNDAY | 6 | Mother's Day is always this day of the week |
| 35% | KINGS | 5 | With 101-Across, where this puzzle's enclosed answer is located |
| 35% | SENATOR | 7 | CCR's Fogerty was not the son of this politician |
| 34% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 34% | TOE | 3 | This bit of Michelangelo`s David was damaged with a hammer in 1991 |
| 34% | INVISIBLEINK | 12 | What six of this puzzle's clues have been written with? |
| 34% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | SANTA | 5 | With 2-Down, holiday visitor whose journey is sprinkled throughout this week's puzzles |
| 34% | JADEN | 5 | Will Smith's son who co-starred with him in "The Pursuit of Happyness" |
| 33% | TYPOMANIA | 9 | Obsession with being published … NOT a flurry of transcription errors |
| 33% | ROCKSALT | 8 | Maya war dress fabric was hardened with this |
| 33% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 33% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 33% | SUCCULENT | 9 | Aloe is this common plant type with thick parts |
| 32% | SHIRE | 5 | This place is absolutely teeming with Hobbits! |
| 32% | ALES | 4 | These are often drawn with big heads |
| 32% | BROADAX | 7 | Lumber was hewed with this |
| 32% | NOT | 3 | "I Am ___ Okay With This" |
| 32% | GOINGIN | 7 | With 43-Across, what this puzzle is doing |
| 32% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, what this is |
| 32% | ESPRESSO | 8 | This strong coffee drink is brewed with steam |
| 32% | COOKBOOK | 8 | This is filled with recipe lists and instructions |
| 32% | GILMORE | 7 | These Stars Hollow girls are mother and daughter |
| 32% | SAINTS | 6 | Mother Teresa was canonized as one of these |
| 32% | THEHILLS | 8 | These are alive with the sound of music |
| 32% | GIRAFFES | 8 | These long-necked animals are born with ossicones |
| 32% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |