| 100% | EASY | 4 | Like connect-the-dots and word-search puzzles, generally speaking |
| 60% | EASY | 4 | Like connect the dots puzzles |
| 41% | REGIONAL | 8 | Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner" |
| 41% | RHYMELESS | 9 | Like the words orange, wolf and ninth |
| 41% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the words "literally" and "ironic," often |
| 39% | FLIPFLOPPED | 11 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 39% | MOVEDAROUND | 11 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 39% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 39% | REARRANGED | 10 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 39% | RHYMES | 6 | Words that end with the same sounds, like "moan" and "groan" |
| 37% | STAR | 4 | With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the shaded words? |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | Words spoken by the bride and groom: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AHA | 3 | "I've connected the dots!" |
| 36% | THEARCTICCIRCLE | 15 | It's round (like the dots you need to connect) and associated with Santa (like what you'll create when you do) |
| 36% | SAW | 3 | Wise old saying ... like the first words of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 35% | RATEDNC17 | 9 | Like the film "Henry & June" (and this puzzle) |
| 35% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 35% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 35% | RAILROADED | 10 | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| 35% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book with the line "My father can read big words, too. / Like Constantinople and Timbuktu" |
| 35% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
| 35% | POINTA | 6 | Place to begin to connect the dots |
| 35% | PEEVES | 6 | Overuse of the word "like," and others |
| 35% | OVERALL | 7 | Generally speaking, on the whole |
| 35% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 34% | DOTS | 4 | Connect the ___ (simple picture puzzle) |
| 34% | LINE | 4 | What you get when you connect the dots |
| 34% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | ADFREE | 6 | Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? |
| 34% | DOTS | 4 | Connect the ___ (children's pencil puzzle) |