| 100% | TIMESSQUARE | 11 | Midtown Manhattan hot spot … or each of this puzzle's three shaded regions? |
| 37% | UNIT | 4 | Each of this puzzle's hidden words, e.g. |
| 36% | OPERA | 5 | Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one |
| 36% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 36% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 36% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 35% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 35% | STICK | 5 | Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers |
| 35% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 35% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 34% | SIDECAR | 7 | Cognac-and-Cointreau drink, and what each of this puzzle's border answers is |
| 34% | FILM | 4 | What each of this puzzle's songs also was, once you do the math |
| 34% | ISOGRAM | 7 | Phrase with no repeated letters (like each of this puzzle’s seven longest answers) |
| 34% | FIFTHWHEEL | 10 | Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle’s circled letters? |
| 34% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 33% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 33% | HIDDENBODYPARTS | 15 | This completed puzzle has 10 of them, each three letters long, reading diagonally |
| 33% | ABBY | 4 | ___ Wambach, teammate of this puzzle's three longest answers |
| 31% | SPOTTHEDIFFERENCE | 17 | Kind of visual puzzle ... or what to do with each line in this puzzle's two shaded areas |
| 31% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | MISTERSCOTT | 11 | Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!" |
| 31% | SEVENTHHEAVEN | 13 | Total bliss ... or, when read in three parts, a description of the region above this grid? |
| 31% | FILLINTHEBLANK | 14 | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| 31% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where thwarted people, or six of this puzzle's answers, go |
| 30% | IVYLEAGUESCHOOL | 15 | Each of eight in this puzzle |
| 30% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 30% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 30% | WATERUNDERTHE | 13 | Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle? |
| 30% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Means of spotting this puzzle's theme? |
| 30% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |