| 100% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Novelist's bane, and a seven-time feature of this puzzle |
| 57% | ALLRISE | 7 | Bailiff's request, and a feature of this puzzle |
| 56% | EEES | 4 | Some shoes ... and a feature of this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | TSQUARE | 7 | Drafting tool, and a feature found four times in this puzzle |
| 55% | SITUP | 5 | Crunch cousin, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | MISSINGLINKS | 12 | Evolutionary mysteries, and a feature of three clues in this puzzle |
| 54% | TIMEFRAMES | 10 | Windows of opportunity ... and a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 54% | SIDESALADS | 10 | Entree accompaniers, and a feature of this puzzle |
| 54% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | Feature of this puzzle that's "fixed" by a literal reading of four squares |
| 54% | WHATISLOVE | 10 | 1993 dance hit, and a question answered seven times in this puzzle |
| 53% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 50% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 50% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | ALLTHELETTERS | 13 | With 14-Down, feature of this puzzle repeated three times |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 49% | GENRE | 5 | Mixing thematic elements and tropes … or a feature of this puzzle? |
| 49% | STUFFEDCRUST | 12 | Feature of a deluxe pie … and of this puzzle? |
| 48% | MOVER | 5 | Relocation pro, and a hint for six of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 48% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 48% | CHUCKLEHEAD | 11 | Nincompoop ... or a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 48% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 48% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 48% | EMIGRATION | 10 | Exodus, or a literal feature of this puzzle's starred answers |
| 48% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |