| 100% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 75% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | INTHECROSSHAIRS | 15 | Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS | 19 | Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 58% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 54% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | TURNSOFPHRASE | 13 | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| 52% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 52% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | LEADBELLY | 9 | Legendary guitarist ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | GOOVERTHEEDGE | 13 | Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | OFFSIDES | 8 | Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |