| 100% | PSANDQS | 7 | Good behavior ... or a hint to two lines of letters in this puzzle |
| 56% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 55% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 53% | BBB | 3 | Grp. that battles consumer fraud ... or a hint to some much-repeated letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 52% | DOLLARSANDCENTS | 15 | Money ... or a hint to how six crossings in this puzzle are to be represented, superimposing one letter over another |
| 52% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 51% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 51% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | SLANT | 5 | Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) |
| 50% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | LOSTART | 7 | Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | NOTQUITEMYTEMPO | 15 | Iconic line from "Whiplash," or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 49% | BORDERLINES | 11 | Gray areas, maybe ... or a hint to 12 incomplete answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |