| 100% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle |
| 58% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | SLEEPINGCAR | 11 | Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle |
| 53% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 52% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | NOUSE | 5 | Pointless, or a phonetic hint to five of this puzzle's long answers |
| 52% | SPILLTHEB | 9 | Blab ... or a literal hint to completing five answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | TSQUARE | 7 | Drafting tool, and a feature found four times in this puzzle |
| 49% | PSANDQS | 7 | Good behavior ... or a hint to two lines of letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | FLOSS | 5 | Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | TAKETHEL | 8 | Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 48% | FORTYNINERS | 11 | Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues |
| 47% | MICROLOANS | 10 | Money to start small businesses ... or a hint to five squares in this puzzle |
| 47% | FLIPONESLID | 11 | Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack bet ... or a hint to applying the five shaded regions in this puzzle |
| 47% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 47% | HOLYCOW | 7 | "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 47% | BEQUIET | 7 | "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 47% | COTTONCANDY | 11 | Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle |
| 47% | FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS | 19 | Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |