| 100% | UTURN | 5 | Maneuver required five times to finish this puzzle |
| 48% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 44% | #SIGNS | 6 | You'll need six of them to finish this puzzle |
| 44% | BEAST | 5 | "That was a ___!" (solver's reaction to finishing this puzzle, maybe) |
| 43% | TENPM | 5 | Appropriate time to solve this puzzle? |
| 42% | {LOVE}BUG | 9 | "Darling" creature found five times in this puzzle |
| 42% | MONTHOFMAY | 10 | Apt time to recognize this puzzle's honoree |
| 40% | INTHECORNER | 11 | This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) |
| 40% | EEQUALSE/MCSQUARED | 18 | Expression of relativity depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 39% | ELBOWBUMP | 9 | Hands-free greeting aptly depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 39% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 39% | BALLDROP | 8 | End-of-December tradition depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 39% | BET | 3 | "$5 says you can't finish this puzzle in less than five minutes," for example |
| 39% | PUTONANACT | 10 | Pretend, and what you'll find five times in this puzzle |
| 39% | EARLYBIRDGETSTHEWORM | 20 | Adage about seizing opportunities, as depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 38% | HAMONRYE | 8 | Common deli order ... or a literal occurrence five times in this puzzle |
| 38% | ALLROADSLEADTOROME | 18 | Aphorism that's visually depicted five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | COLORFULCHARACTER | 17 | Interesting person ... or what's included, phonetically, five times in this puzzle |
| 38% | UTURN | 5 | One of four required to solve this puzzle |
| 38% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| 38% | THROWUNDERTHEBUS | 16 | Betray for personal advantage, and what's depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 38% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | WRAPAROUND | 10 | With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle |
| 36% | CUTONBOLDLINES | 14 | First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle |
| 36% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | SPILLEDMILK | 11 | Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? |
| 35% | SPENT | 5 | How you might feel after finishing this puzzle |
| 35% | APRIL | 5 | Deadline time appropriate to this puzzle |