| 100% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | In advance ... or where nine key words in this puzzle might appear |
| 85% | AFTERPARTY | 10 | Post-event bash ... or where eight key words in this puzzle might appear |
| 68% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 63% | TENNISANYONE | 12 | Question you might feel like asking after seeing nine key words in this puzzle? |
| 56% | USS | 3 | Abbr. that can precede nine key words in this puzzle |
| 56% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 54% | AFTERTHOUGHT | 12 | “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? |
| 51% | REDEFINED | 9 | Like nine words in this puzzle, or what their first letters spell out |
| 47% | SHADESOFPINK | 12 | What seven key words in this puzzle are |
| 47% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 47% | SEWINGKITS | 10 | Nine featured items in this puzzle may be found in these |
| 47% | TAKESTOTHEAIR | 13 | Starts traveling like seven key words in this puzzle |
| 47% | STPATRICKSDAY | 13 | Observance associated with eight key words in this puzzle |
| 46% | GLUEDTOTHETV | 12 | Where your eyes might stay during a suspenseful scene … or the only place you'll find the "eyes" in this puzzle |
| 46% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 44% | CARBONFREE | 10 | Like renewable energy ... or nine long answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 44% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Manhattan neighborhood where the meal in this puzzle might be served? |
| 44% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 43% | BETWEENTHELINES | 15 | Where to look for hidden words in this puzzle's fifth and eleventh columns? |
| 43% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 42% | LONGJOHNS | 9 | Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle |
| 42% | SOAPBOX | 7 | Platform ... or something that appears four times in this puzzle? |
| 42% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 41% | THEDARKSIDE | 11 | Where Darth Vader gets his strength ... or what eight answers in this puzzle share |
| 41% | CONJUNCTIONS | 12 | Linking words, or, parsed differently, configuration found four times in this puzzle |
| 41% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | What you might do after some financial trading ... or in this puzzle? |
| 41% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 41% | THE | 3 | Word that appears in ten of this puzzle's clues |