| 100% | ICEBOXES | 8 | Fridges' predecessors, and a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 73% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | Party snack ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 73% | CEREALBOX | 9 | Life preserver? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 73% | STARCROSSED | 11 | Ill-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 72% | CRUSHEDICE | 10 | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |
| 71% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 71% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | TURNINGPOINTS | 13 | Decisive moments, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | LITTLEITALY | 11 | Neighborhood near SoHo, and a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | PH/FONETICALLY | 14 | Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | FUELUP | 6 | Go from empty to full, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | CONDENSEDMILK | 13 | Ingredient of sweetened Thai tea, and a hint to solving some squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | CSPAN | 5 | "Gavel-to-gavel" broadcaster, and a hint to six long answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 61% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 60% | BLOCK | 5 | Beachgoer's protection, and a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 58% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | POSTOFFICEBOXES | 15 | Mail conveniences ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | OFFSIDES | 8 | Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 57% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |
| 57% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |