| 100% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 60% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 55% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 52% | DOUBLEDIP | 9 | Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| 51% | HANGTEN | 7 | Surf, in a way, and an appropriate title for this puzzle |
| 50% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 49% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 48% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 47% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 47% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 47% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 47% | CIRCLETHEWAGONS | 15 | Get into a defensive position, and what we do in this grid |
| 47% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 46% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | Act in an uninhibited way, and what to do three times in this grid |
| 46% | BREAKBREAD | 10 | Have a meal ... or, literally, what this puzzle does four times |
| 46% | EXCHANGINGRINGS | 15 | Sharing in a symbol of commitment … or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| 45% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 45% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 45% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 44% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 44% | GEE | 3 | What this puzzle only has two of; one right here in fact |
| 44% | FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | 14 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? |
| 43% | CHOCOLATESWIRLS | 15 | Ice cream features found, in a way, in this puzzle's circles |
| 43% | WENT | 4 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? |
| 43% | LOWPH | 5 | Characteristic of acid, and of this puzzle, in a way |
| 42% | GONEFISHING | 11 | Classic out-of-office sign ... or what this puzzle's author has done? |
| 42% | PIGEONHOLES | 11 | Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 42% | SLAPDASH | 8 | Done in a hurried and careless way |