| 100% | EVEN | 4 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 100% | ODD | 3 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 100% | FIBONACCI | 9 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 100% | SQUARE | 6 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 100% | PRIME | 5 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 55% | EAST | 4 | Appropriate answer for this place in the grid |
| 55% | EDGY | 4 | Provocative … like this answer's position in the grid? |
| 54% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 50% | WORD | 4 | Two-___ (like a dozen answers in this grid) |
| 50% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of letters in this answer |
| 50% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | ERR | 3 | Put this answer in the space for 4-Across, for example |
| 48% | TBD | 3 | Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short |
| 48% | BEARINGARMS | 11 | Ready for battle, like the other long Across answers? |
| 48% | ACROSS | 6 | How the answer to this clue goes in the grid |
| 47% | CIRCLELETTERSTO | 15 | Step 2: With 43- and 55-Across, do this in the grid (scrambled or not) ... it works for almost anyone! |
| 47% | THREE | 5 | The number of letters in this answer minus two |
| 46% | TASTE | 5 | The clue for this answer is found at 7-Across |
| 46% | CODES | 5 | Postal ___ (what the two-letter answers in this puzzle are) |
| 46% | LEFT | 4 | Unfitting answer for this side of the grid |
| 46% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle |
| 46% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this location in the puzzle |
| 45% | STATELINE | 9 | Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 45% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 44% | BACKWARD | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| 44% | SPAN | 4 | [The clue for this answer is hidden elsewhere in this puzzle] |
| 44% | WEAR | 4 | (The clue for this answer is hiding elsewhere in this puzzle ...) |
| 44% | PERSONAL | 8 | Like the 52-Across featured in this puzzle |