| 100% | NONCONTIGUOUSLY | 15 | How this puzzle's black squares are arranged |
| 59% | INANE | 5 | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| 54% | INTHREED | 8 | How this puzzle’s nine longest answers are viewed? |
| 54% | ONTHEROCKS | 10 | How this puzzle's three drinks have been served? |
| 53% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 51% | CLOUD | 5 | With this puzzle's central black squares, ecstasy |
| 50% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 50% | QUINCUNX | 8 | Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares |
| 50% | THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER | 21 | This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| 48% | BLOCK | 5 | The 2x2 black square near the middle of this puzzle's grid, e.g., which is part of eight answers |
| 48% | PENTOMINOES | 11 | Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares |
| 44% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 43% | SPECS | 5 | 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle |
| 43% | FLIPPINGONESLID | 15 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | TITLE | 5 | This puzzle's is "Low pH" |
| 42% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 42% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 42% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 42% | PARTTHEREDSEA | 13 | Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle |
| 42% | MUSHROOM | 8 | Its shape is depicted by this puzzle's white squares |
| 42% | TAXBREAK | 8 | Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create |
| 42% | AFRAMEBUILDINGS | 15 | Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters |
| 42% | BUTTERFLYEFFECT | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares |
| 41% | OCTET | 5 | This puzzle's special squares, e.g. |
| 41% | THEME | 5 | This puzzle's is revealed at 61-Across |
| 41% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | POT | 3 | Herb garden vessel ... as depicted four times by black squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |