| 100% | PERSONALIZED | 12 | Like this puzzle, when 36-Across is filled in |
| 47% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 46% | BLOWOUT | 7 | Like when Villarreal beat Navata by 27 to zip in 2009; and this is soccer! |
| 46% | SOLVED | 6 | Like this puzzle, when you're finished with it |
| 46% | SIXWORD | 7 | Like this puzzle's story, in length |
| 46% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 45% | TWENTYNINTHOFFEBRUARY | 21 | When the people featured in this puzzle were born |
| 44% | ENG | 3 | This puzzle is in it, briefly |
| 43% | LOSTINTHESHUFFLE | 16 | Like this puzzle's circled letters vis-à-vis their Across answers |
| 43% | ITSABOUTNOTHING | 15 | Why this puzzle is like "Seinfeld"? |
| 43% | ENG | 3 | Language this puzzle is in: Abbr. |
| 42% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Puzzle containing squares to be filled in with letters |
| 42% | QANDASESSION | 12 | What solvers of this puzzle are taking part in? |
| 42% | BLANK | 5 | Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 41% | FILE | 4 | What this puzzle's data is kept in |
| 41% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 41% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hint to filling in four squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | BIBBED | 6 | Like a 53 Across when being fed |
| 41% | NONINTERLOCKING | 15 | Like this puzzle's 37-Across |
| 41% | DOLDRUMS | 8 | Be down in these when feeling depressed |
| 40% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 40% | COO | 3 | This is what it sounds like when doves cry |
| 40% | COOS | 4 | This is what it sounds like when doves cry |
| 40% | FRESHAIR | 8 | Breathe this in when you are outdoors |
| 39% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | Mall workshop, and a hint to filling in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | CLUES | 5 | There are 10 in this puzzle |
| 39% | LASTLETTERS | 11 | Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues |
| 39% | START | 5 | All the clues in this puzzle do this with 36-Across |
| 39% | BLANK | 5 | Like the squares in this crossword before you fill them in |
| 38% | BLOOM | 5 | A flower is pretty when it's in this |