| 100% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 61% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | BATSINTHEBELFRY | 15 | Mental eccentricity ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares |
| 54% | SPREADONESWINGS | 15 | Become independent ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares |
| 54% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 51% | FLIPPINGONESLID | 15 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 48% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 47% | ELASTICBAND | 11 | Office item suggested visually by this puzzle |
| 47% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | BUTTERFLYEFFECT | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares |
| 45% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 45% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 45% | GUITAR | 6 | Instrument depicted by the circled squares in this grid |
| 44% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 44% | PARALLELOGRAM | 13 | What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order |
| 44% | THEMANOFSTEEL | 13 | Moniker suggested by the pattern of white squares in this grid |
| 44% | TWODASHES | 9 | Octet of black squares in the middle of this grid, typographically |
| 44% | EIFFELTOWER | 11 | Landmark inaugurated 3/31/1889 whose shape is suggested by nine squares in this puzzle's completed grid |
| 44% | FORMATION | 9 | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 42% | PARTY | 5 | Event suggested by this puzzle's circled squares, read clockwise from the top |
| 41% | PINATA | 6 | Party item depicted in the middle of this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | PGTHIRTEEN | 10 | Somewhat family-friendly ... or a title for this puzzle, as suggested by the completed grid? |
| 41% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Global warming calculation whose shape is suggested by connecting 14 squares in this puzzle in a closed loop based on the appropriate 23-Across |
| 40% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 40% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 40% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 40% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |