| 100% | FOUR | 4 | Number of 69-Across surrounding the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 64% | SHAHJAHAN | 9 | Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 59% | AGRA | 4 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 59% | INDIA | 5 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 51% | TWO | 3 | Number of words beginning with the letter "f" in this puzzle |
| 50% | SHINYNOSE | 9 | Feature depicted in the upper left of this puzzle |
| 49% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 49% | PINATA | 6 | Party item depicted in the middle of this puzzle's grid |
| 49% | THREE | 5 | Number of squares in the width and height of this puzzle's city blocks |
| 48% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 48% | ELEVEN | 6 | The number of clues in this puzzle minus one |
| 47% | EIGHT | 5 | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |
| 47% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | SERVES | 6 | Starts the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 43% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number of consonants in the answer to this clue |
| 43% | PLUSSIGN | 8 | One of five depicted in this puzzle |
| 43% | SEVENTYNINE | 11 | Atomic number of the special parts of this puzzle which, when connected, form a 113-Across |
| 42% | POPES | 5 | 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these |
| 42% | ZWEI | 4 | The number of this clue, in German |
| 42% | TEN | 3 | The number of syllables in this clue |
| 41% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 41% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 41% | THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN | 21 | Leader of the pack hidden in this puzzle? |
| 41% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 41% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 41% | FOUR | 4 | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| 41% | THREE | 5 | The number of letters in this answer minus two |