| 100% | TIMED | 5 | Like the crossword in the New York Times app, but not Spelling Bee or Wordle |
| 42% | BEE | 3 | Spelling ___ (word game in the New York Times) |
| 41% | OREO | 4 | Most common cookie in the New York Times crossword |
| 41% | COMICS | 6 | Common newspaper feature not seen in The New York Times |
| 39% | DANA | 4 | Actor Delany, who co-wrote a crossword for The New York Times in 2011 |
| 38% | QADDAFI | 7 | "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episode of "The West Wing" |
| 37% | OREO | 4 | Snack that's the most-used brand name in New York Times crosswords |
| 36% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 35% | OPED | 4 | The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970 |
| 34% | BLOG | 4 | The New York Times crossword's "Wordplay," for one |
| 34% | ALEX | 4 | "I'd like 'The New York Times Crossword' for $200, ___" |
| 34% | TAXIS | 5 | Cabs, like the yellow ones in New York |
| 34% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times started calling them "guest essays" in 2021 |
| 34% | EASIEST | 7 | Like Monday crosswords, among all New York Times crosswords |
| 34% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who purchased The New York Times in 1896 |
| 33% | ARTS | 4 | Section of The New York Times where the crossword appears |
| 33% | APP | 3 | What many use to solve the New York Times crossword |
| 33% | ARTS | 4 | New York Times section that has the crossword |
| 33% | SALK | 4 | Scientist who was called the "Father of Biophilosophy" in the New York Times in 1966 |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | Most common cookie in New York Times crosswords |
| 32% | RURAL | 5 | Like most of New York State, but not New York City |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | Most common commercial name in New York Times crosswords |
| 32% | DAILY | 5 | Like the New York Times mini puzzle |
| 32% | HUMID | 5 | Like New York City in the summer |
| 32% | ANA | 3 | De Armas who name-checked the New York Times crossword on "S.N.L." |
| 32% | OPED | 4 | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| 31% | UPSTATE | 7 | Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City |
| 31% | MANOWAR | 7 | Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 |
| 31% | FUTURE | 6 | Not now but at some point in the time ahead |