| 100% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hint to filling in four squares in this puzzle |
| 71% | DOTTHEIS | 8 | Pay attention to details … or a hint to filling in seven of this puzzle's squares |
| 70% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | TURNINGPOINTS | 13 | Decisive moments, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | PIGEONHOLES | 11 | Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | BLACKICE | 8 | Winter driving hazard ... or a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | BLOCK | 5 | Beachgoer's protection, and a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 68% | HANDRBLOCK | 10 | Tax giant, as well as a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | FUELUP | 6 | Go from empty to full, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | 21 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle |
| 67% | RADIO | 5 | It can be two-way ... with a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 67% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 66% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | THENUTCRACKER | 13 | Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 65% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 65% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 63% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | Mall workshop, and a hint to filling in this puzzle's circles |
| 61% | BLANK | 5 | Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) |