| 100% | ADROPINTHEOCEAN | 15 | Insignificant amount ... or hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 70% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 70% | TALLORDER | 9 | Big ask ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 68% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 64% | UPATREE | 7 | Cornered … or hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| 64% | TOYBOXES | 8 | Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 62% | PICTUREINPICTURE | 16 | Small screen superimposed on a large screen ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 62% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle's sequence of shaded squares |
| 60% | TICKALLTHEBOXES | 15 | Be fully qualified ... or a hint to interpreting this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 58% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 58% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 57% | BADBREAKUP | 10 | Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 55% | THENANDNOW | 10 | Phrase in an article on grown-up child stars, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 54% | REDCROSS | 8 | Aid provider since 1864 ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| 54% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | BREAKUPTHEBANKS | 15 | Wall Street reformer's urging ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| 51% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 50% | ONAMARCH | 8 | Parading ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | ADDICT | 6 | Fiend … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | APART | 5 | Separate ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | CATCHINGSOMEZZ | 14 | Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | ELONGATE | 8 | Stretch ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme? |
| 50% | SIDESPLITTING | 13 | Hilarious ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | TRIO | 4 | Threesome ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | SIDENOTES | 9 | Marginalia … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | DOUBLEPLAY | 10 | Hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain ... with a hint to this puzzle's central nine squares |
| 49% | EMPTYBOXES | 10 | Moving aids, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | SWITCHJOBS | 10 | Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | ITSASECRET | 10 | "Keep this between us" ... or hint to this puzzle's circled letters |