| 100% | BLACKEYE | 8 | Injury found in this grid's upper-left corner |
| 71% | GREENTEA | 8 | Beverage found in this grid's lower-left corner |
| 71% | YELLOWSEA | 9 | Body of water found in this grid's upper-right corner |
| 64% | BLUEJAY | 7 | Bird found in this grid's lower-right corner |
| 52% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 51% | HANSELANDGRETEL | 15 | Story mapped out in this grid, from lower left to upper right |
| 47% | RETURNADDRESS | 13 | It's often found in the upper-left corner of an envelope |
| 45% | CRYPTOGRAM | 10 | Sort of encoded message found in this puzzle's grid [SEE NOTE] |
| 45% | BOXED | 5 | With 40-Across, party supplies found in this puzzle's four corners |
| 44% | CROSSCOUNTRY | 12 | One way to run ... or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid |
| 43% | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | 15 | One of a quintet you'll find in this grid, with a bit of deck marking |
| 42% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 40% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | ESC | 3 | Key in the upper left corner of a keyboard |
| 39% | TIM | 3 | Name found in this clue's penultimate word |
| 39% | NINA | 4 | Hidden 5 times in this grid, caricaturist Hirschfeld's daughter |
| 39% | LAD | 3 | Youth found in this puzzle's seven longest answers |
| 39% | THREELETTERWORD | 15 | Something not found in this puzzle's answer |
| 38% | CHAIRLIFTS | 10 | Many skiers use these when they [see diagonal starting in upper left corner] |
| 38% | CONS | 4 | Disadvantages found in this puzzle's three longest Across answers ... |
| 38% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | It's in the upper-left corner of a telephone keypad |
| 37% | SIDESOFBEEF | 11 | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | TMI | 3 | Response to oversharing found in this puzzle's starred answers |
| 36% | PRE | 3 | Prefix found in this clue |
| 36% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 36% | DAD | 3 | Today's honoree, found in this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| 36% | NDA | 3 | Confidentiality contract initials found in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 36% | ESC | 3 | Key in the upper-left corner |
| 36% | FRATERNITIES | 12 | Four groups found in this puzzle |