| 100% | CEREALBOX | 9 | Life preserver? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 84% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | Party snack ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 84% | STARCROSSED | 11 | Ill-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 82% | CRUSHEDICE | 10 | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |
| 74% | ICEBOXES | 8 | Fridges' predecessors, and a hint to six squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | POSTOFFICEBOXES | 15 | Mail conveniences ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 69% | OFFSIDES | 8 | Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | PANDA | 5 | Popular zoo attraction ... or a hint to 11 squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Bond film ... or a hint to six other Down answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS | 19 | Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 65% | PIGEONHOLES | 11 | Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 64% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 64% | MICROLOANS | 10 | Money to start small businesses ... or a hint to five squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | EVEN | 4 | With 34-Across, 50-50 chance ... or a hint to answering six equations in this puzzle |
| 63% | POBOX | 5 | Certain mailing address, for short ... or a hint to 14 squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 63% | LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | 21 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle |
| 62% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 62% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 62% | DOLLARSANDCENTS | 15 | Money ... or a hint to how six crossings in this puzzle are to be represented, superimposing one letter over another |
| 62% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |