| 100% | TRUE | 4 | Like some statements in a Knights and Knaves puzzle |
| 44% | GAPTOOTHED | 10 | Like some smiles in an orthodontist's office ... and like three puzzle rows |
| 42% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Some covert assignments, and a hint to four spots in this puzzle |
| 41% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 40% | NOSEBLEED | 9 | Like some seats in a stadium |
| 40% | THEMATIC | 8 | Like some passages in a symphony |
| 40% | AYES | 4 | Some votes ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 40% | SUNNYSIDEUP | 11 | Like some eggs . . . and how four answers are presented in this puzzle |
| 40% | UNIONIZED | 9 | Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)? |
| 39% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | GREENER | 7 | Like some grass, in a phrase |
| 39% | HALFEMPTY | 9 | Like some glasses, in a phrase |
| 39% | RIGHTONRED | 10 | Legal turn at some intersections, and a turn in each set of circles in this puzzle |
| 39% | ARMORCLAD | 9 | Like some knights and warships |
| 38% | COLLEGEDROPOUTS | 15 | Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, famously, and a hint to some three-letter abbreviations in this puzzle |
| 38% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 38% | ERRANT | 6 | Like some knights and baseball throws |
| 37% | SIMMERING | 9 | Like some feuds and foods on a stove |
| 37% | SOUR | 4 | Like some beer served in a tulip glass |
| 37% | ONSITE | 6 | In a particular place, like some job training: Hyph. |
| 36% | HEROIC | 6 | Like a knight in shining armor |
| 36% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 36% | BUNDLED | 7 | Like phone and Internet, in some plans |
| 36% | LATE | 4 | Like a fashionable arrival, in some circles |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | Like a twin in some horror movies |
| 35% | OUTONALIMB | 10 | In a risky situation, and something found four times in this puzzle |
| 35% | SMARMIER | 8 | Like a snake oil salesman, and then some |
| 35% | SSHAPED | 7 | Like many a chute in Chutes and Ladders |
| 35% | WARM | 4 | Like some welcomes, or change a letter in 39a to get the answer |