| 100% | QUINTUPLE | 9 | Like each letter of the alphabet in this puzzle, at minimum |
| 67% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 53% | PRIMETIMEEMMY | 13 | What each of the programs in this puzzle has won at least once |
| 52% | EIGHT | 5 | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |
| 49% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | PEOPLEOFNOTE | 12 | Luminaries like the eight featured in this puzzle? (hint: look at their first few letters) |
| 46% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |
| 44% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 44% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 43% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in London |
| 43% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in England |
| 43% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in Canada |
| 43% | ZED | 3 | Final letter of the alphabet, in Britain |
| 43% | FIFTHWHEEL | 10 | Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle’s circled letters? |
| 43% | MISSING | 7 | Like the letter O in this puzzle’s entire solution |
| 43% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 43% | BEES | 4 | Busy buzzers ... and letters found at the start of every clue in this puzzle |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 43% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in the U.S. |
| 41% | THELEANINGTOWER | 15 | Noted Italian campanile that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of letters in this answer |
| 41% | ENG | 3 | Language of the words in this puzzle: Abbr. |
| 41% | NOTUPTOPAR | 10 | Like the duffer in this puzzle? |
| 41% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 40% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 40% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |