| 100% | ATO | 3 | From ___ Z (how this puzzle goes?) |
| 54% | NONCONTIGUOUSLY | 15 | How this puzzle's black squares are arranged |
| 54% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 53% | ONTHEROCKS | 10 | How this puzzle's three drinks have been served? |
| 53% | INTHREED | 8 | How this puzzle’s nine longest answers are viewed? |
| 52% | DOWN | 4 | How the answer to this goes |
| 46% | ALPHABET | 8 | It goes from A to Z |
| 46% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where thwarted people, or six of this puzzle's answers, go |
| 44% | INANE | 5 | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| 44% | USD | 3 | Dollars from America go by these three letters |
| 44% | PARTY | 5 | Event suggested by this puzzle's circled squares, read clockwise from the top |
| 43% | ATO | 3 | "The alphabet goes from ___ Z": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain from solving this puzzle? |
| 43% | SKIPAGENERATION | 15 | Go from grandparent to grandchild ... or what this puzzle's starred entries do? |
| 43% | TGIF | 4 | Cry from someone solving this puzzle a day late, maybe |
| 43% | FREEASSOCIATION | 15 | How to solve this puzzle's starred clues |
| 43% | PUTNI6ELETTERSINORDER | 21 | How to get this puzzle's final word |
| 42% | ANNIELEIBOVITZ | 14 | Celebrity photographer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Yankees infielder whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 40% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 40% | ALEJANDROSANZ | 13 | Grammy-winning Spanish singer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 40% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 40% | IRISH | 5 | One crosses this sea going from London to Dublin |
| 40% | ININK | 5 | How you might bravely solve this puzzle |
| 39% | BEEN | 4 | "How long has this ___ going on?" |
| 39% | ILL | 3 | "How Far ___ Go" (song from "Moana") |
| 39% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A |
| 38% | CHESS | 5 | This puzzle's theme |