| 100% | JOINEDATTHEHIP | 14 | Linked in a way illustrated by three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 46% | JOINEDATTHEHIP | 14 | Inseparable ... or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 46% | ALLTIEDUP | 9 | Even … or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | NOWYOUDONT | 10 | Illusionist's phrase illustrated by three Down answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 41% | WATERSLIDES | 11 | Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | RAISINGTHEFLAG | 14 | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 41% | CROSSTHETS | 10 | Pay attention to detail ... and, homophonically, what three pairs of puzzle answers do |
| 41% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 40% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 38% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 38% | SUSPECT | 7 | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 38% | KNEECAPS | 8 | Joint protection ... or, in a way, creators of four puzzle puns? |
| 37% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | NINETOFIVEJOBS | 14 | Predictable work ... and, in a way, what the other three longest answers are? |
| 36% | CHEESEWHEEL | 11 | Parma product, as depicted by three answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | NOWYOUSEEME | 11 | Illusionist's phrase illustrated by seven Across answers in this puzzle? |
| 36% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | HEADTOTOE | 9 | Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | BLACKSOUT | 9 | Redacts, as sensitive information (suggested by three of this puzzle's answers) |
| 35% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 35% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH | 19 | Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? |
| 35% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 35% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |