| 100% | TIPOFTHEICEBERG | 15 | Hidden trouble indicator ... or what you'll need to finish this crossword? |
| 48% | BIRTHPLACES | 11 | What you might need to research to solve this contest crossword |
| 45% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| 41% | AIM | 3 | Completely finishing this crossword, to you |
| 41% | #SIGNS | 6 | You'll need six of them to finish this puzzle |
| 40% | PETPAIL | 7 | What you might need to clean up after Fido or Kitty? |
| 40% | BLANKTILE | 9 | What you'd need to play 26-, 29-, 43- or 45-Across |
| 37% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 36% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Brain trust, and what you need to add to solve 16 clues in this puzzle |
| 35% | FISHORCUTBAIT | 13 | Line to the indecisive, and what you'll need to add in order to complete some lines in this puzzle |
| 35% | USERNAME | 8 | You'll need this with your password to log in |
| 35% | SANDALS | 7 | You'll need a pedicure to wear these summer shoes |
| 35% | AUTOCOMPLETE | 12 | Search engine feature ... or what you literally need to do to answer the six starred clues |
| 34% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 34% | LETTERSONTHEKEYS | 16 | What's needed in order to escape this crossword |
| 34% | EGG | 3 | To use this you'll need to get cracking |
| 34% | GEEWHIZ | 7 | Beaver Cleaver expletive ... or what you might need to be to answer 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 34% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 34% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 34% | VISA | 4 | You'll need one of these if you're going to Lome |
| 33% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | ANTE | 4 | What you may need to do to get a hand |
| 33% | LOGIC | 5 | What you need to solve sudoku |
| 32% | ROPE | 4 | What you need to play double Dutch |
| 32% | LUMPIT | 6 | Like it or __, means you'll need to endure |
| 32% | UPLINK | 6 | What you need to talk to a satellite |
| 32% | PAY | 3 | What you need to do when buying something |
| 32% | DISCO | 5 | What you need some wiggle room to do? |
| 32% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |