| 100% | QUIZ | 4 | Highest-scoring four-letter word in Scrabble that also means a kind of a test |
| 44% | QUIZ | 4 | Highest-scoring four-letter word in Scrabble (22 points) |
| 39% | QUAFF | 5 | Word meaning "beverage" that scores 20 points in Scrabble |
| 39% | JAZZY | 5 | Highest scoring five-letter word in Scrabble (23 points) |
| 39% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 38% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 38% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 38% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 38% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 37% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 37% | IOTA | 4 | The 9th Greek letter, which is also a word that means a tiny bit |
| 37% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 36% | ELSA | 4 | Woman's name that's also the first four letters of a Central American country name |
| 36% | ATLAS | 5 | Word meaning "book of maps" that is derived from a Titan in Greek mythology |
| 36% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter that also means a tiny amount |
| 36% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter that also means a small amount |
| 36% | ECHO | 4 | Word meaning "rebound of sound" that is derived from a mountain nymph in Greek mythology |
| 35% | MULTIPLECHOICE | 14 | Kind of test ... and a hint to a word hidden three times each in 16-, 22-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 35% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 35% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | TUMBLER | 7 | Word that can mean a type of drinking glass or an acrobat |
| 35% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 35% | SHIN | 4 | Hebrew letter that also names a part of the body |
| 35% | GEORGEMASON | 11 | University that scored a string of huge upsets in 2006 when it reached the NCAA Final Four: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ASA | 3 | Words that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecting at a circle |
| 34% | SATIRE | 6 | Scrabble sextet that can form a seven-letter word with 18 of the 26 |
| 34% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
| 34% | ASP | 3 | A kind of viper that heavily features in Egyptian mythology |
| 34% | RYE | 3 | Bread that's also a kind of booze |
| 34% | ACORN | 5 | Nut that is also a kind of squash |