| 100% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of letters in the title of any Juan Filloy novel |
| 48% | SIX | 3 | Number of letters in the word "twelve" |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "dictionary" |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "smartphone" |
| 48% | THREE | 5 | Number of letters in the word "six" |
| 47% | ELEVEN | 6 | Number of letters in the country home to Geneva |
| 46% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 46% | AND | 3 | Conjunction in the titles of two Jane Austen novels |
| 46% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | FOUR | 4 | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| 45% | THREE | 5 | The number of letters in this answer minus two |
| 45% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of letters in this answer |
| 45% | TWO | 3 | Number that's often in the title of a movie sequel |
| 44% | ESS | 3 | Any of five letters in the above clue |
| 44% | EIGHT | 5 | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |
| 43% | FOUR | 4 | Only number that equals the number of letters in its English name |
| 43% | WHO | 3 | Word after "The Cat" in the titles of 29 Lilian Jackson Braun novels |
| 43% | SONS | 4 | Word in the titles of novels by Ivan Turgenev and D. H. Lawrence |
| 43% | ODD | 3 | Like the number 1, or the number of letters in "one" |
| 43% | THREE | 5 | Number of Scrabble points for any of the consonants in "mobcap" |
| 43% | ASTERISK | 8 | Any of the symbols in the title "M*A*S*H" |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 41% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | PURPLE | 6 | Find this color! Red + Blue = ___ (Hint: Color found in the title of Alice Walker's famous novel) |
| 41% | XXXXX | 5 | Largish combo (and a hint to the number of letters in each country that you'll need) |
| 41% | FOUR | 4 | Number of letters in our contest answer--and the number of letters between certain pairs of letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | TWO | 3 | Number of words beginning with the letter "f" in this puzzle |
| 41% | ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | 20 | Novel whose name consists entirely of the letters in 62-Across |
| 40% | ABANDONED | 9 | Deserted, and the title of the second novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 40% | PARIAH | 6 | Outcast, and the title of the third novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |