| 100% | EASY | 4 | Like connect the dots puzzles |
| 68% | EASY | 4 | Like connect-the-dots and word-search puzzles, generally speaking |
| 54% | AHA | 3 | "I've connected the dots!" |
| 52% | POINTA | 6 | Place to begin to connect the dots |
| 52% | DOTS | 4 | Connect the ___ (simple picture puzzle) |
| 51% | LINE | 4 | What you get when you connect the dots |
| 51% | DOTS | 4 | Connect the ___ (children's pencil puzzle) |
| 49% | CONNECT | 7 | ___ the dots, simple puzzle type with numbered dots |
| 48% | EASY | 4 | Like dot-to-dot puzzles |
| 47% | NOTUPTOPAR | 10 | Like the duffer in this puzzle? |
| 46% | DAILY | 5 | Like the New York Times mini puzzle |
| 45% | RATEDNC17 | 9 | Like the film "Henry & June" (and this puzzle) |
| 45% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | PERSONAL | 8 | Like the 52-Across featured in this puzzle |
| 45% | DOTS | 4 | Connect the ___ (puzzle type) |
| 45% | UMBILICAL | 9 | Like the cord connecting a baby to its mother |
| 45% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | AQUATIC | 7 | Like the five animals in this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | FLIPFLOPPED | 11 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 44% | MOVEDAROUND | 11 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 44% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 44% | REARRANGED | 10 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle |
| 44% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| 44% | SYMPHONIC | 9 | Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle |
| 44% | MISSING | 7 | Like the letter O in this puzzle’s entire solution |
| 43% | DOE | 3 | Jane ___ (unknown, like the author of this puzzle) |
| 43% | APPEARED | 8 | Showed up, like the fruits in this puzzle |
| 43% | DOTTODOT | 8 | Connect-the-points puzzle |
| 43% | PARALLELOGRAM | 13 | What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order |
| 43% | HIDDEN | 6 | Like the identified car models inside this puzzle's long answers |