100% | MIRE | 4 | Marshland or swamp (word hidden in "admire") |
62% | STORM | 5 | Word hidden in "Tempest or monsoon" |
51% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
50% | STRUM | 5 | Word hidden in "instrument" |
49% | EINE | 4 | Word hidden in "One in Essen" |
49% | MIRE | 4 | A marshland or swamp |
48% | RINGO | 5 | Word hidden in "Drummer in good band" |
48% | HEART | 5 | Word hidden in "Source of the arteries" |
48% | HANDS | 5 | Word hidden in "Royal flush and straight" |
48% | OLD | 3 | Antique word hidden in "gold" |
47% | REAR | 4 | Word hidden in each of the theme entries |
46% | ERI | 3 | Aria title word hidden in "stage right" |
46% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across |
46% | ART | 3 | Word hidden backward in "portrait" |
46% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
45% | EIN | 3 | German "a," also a word hidden in "Frankenstein" |
45% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
45% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
45% | ADO | 3 | Word hidden four times in this puzzle |
44% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
44% | POE | 3 | Poet hidden in the word "poet" |
44% | FTW | 3 | Internet initialism hidden in Microsoft Word |
43% | CHOIR | 5 | Where else to find words hidden in the three longest answers |
43% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
43% | LAD | 3 | Young boy hidden in the word "Aladdin" |
43% | ANT | 3 | Insect aptly hidden in the word "pantry" |
43% | ART | 3 | Museum display hidden in the word "tart" |
43% | EAT | 3 | Have lunch, hidden in the word "meat" |
43% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
43% | AGENDA | 6 | Word after hidden or political |