| 100% | {SUGAR}CUBE | 11 | Lump in a cup of tea, and an element found three times in this puzzle |
| 54% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 53% | THEBOMB | 7 | Element found three times in this puzzle |
| 48% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 48% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate, and a command followed three times in this puzzle |
| 48% | TSQUARE | 7 | Drafting tool, and a feature found four times in this puzzle |
| 47% | OVERSHARING | 11 | Revealing an inappropriate amount of personal detail, as depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 47% | DROPDOWNMENU | 12 | Options at the top of a computer window … as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 47% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 44% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 44% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 44% | OUTONALIMB | 10 | In a risky situation, and something found four times in this puzzle |
| 44% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 43% | EWES | 4 | Wool sources ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 43% | AYES | 4 | Some votes ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 43% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 43% | CONDENSEDMILK | 13 | Ingredient of sweetened Thai tea, and a hint to solving some squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | MISSINGLINKS | 12 | Evolutionary mysteries, and a feature of three clues in this puzzle |
| 43% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 43% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 42% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | AMENCORNER | 10 | Exciting section of 37-Across, familiarly ... and a configuration found in four apt places in this puzzle |
| 42% | RAISINGTHEFLAG | 14 | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 42% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 42% | ONCEUPONATIME | 13 | Storybook starter, and what you'll find three instances of in this puzzle |
| 42% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 42% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | Grammy-winning metal band, or what can be found three times in this puzzle? |
| 42% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |