| 100% | IPUTASPELLONYOU | 15 | Much-covered 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song ... hinting at what happens three times in this puzzle's solution |
| 41% | DEERXING | 8 | Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 34% | REDROSE | 7 | Valentine's Day gift, and what happened six times in this puzzle |
| 33% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 33% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | SKILIFTS | 8 | Peak picker-uppers, as depicted three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 33% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | COTTONCANDY | 11 | Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle |
| 32% | TILDE | 5 | Mark used four times in this puzzle's solution |
| 32% | LIPSYNCHING | 11 | Emulating Milli Vanilli, or what's happening four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | THEBOMB | 7 | Element found three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | CHATTERBOX | 10 | Windbag, as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 31% | BLACKSHEEP | 10 | Familial outcast depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | LUNCHBREAK | 10 | Midday hiatus illustrated three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 Bette Davis film hinting at something found 15 times in this puzzle |
| 31% | SNOWBALLEFFECTS | 15 | Developing phenomena literally depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | TIMETRAVEL | 10 | Science fiction concept depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | CROSSSTITCH | 11 | Bit of embroidery … or what's depicted literally three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 30% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate, and a command followed three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | SPIKE | 5 | 53-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | ZHUZHEDITUP | 11 | Added panache, as was done three times in this puzzle? |
| 30% | MEALSONWHEELS | 13 | Program for homebound seniors, found literally three times in this puzzle |
| 30% | THEME | 5 | What this puzzle's title hints at |
| 30% | ACUTE | 5 | ___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution |
| 29% | OVERSHARING | 11 | Revealing an inappropriate amount of personal detail, as depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 29% | DIAMOND | 7 | What pressure + coal = 4 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 28% | TRACTORBEAMS | 12 | Science fiction energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 28% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |