| 100% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 78% | TWO | 3 | Number of words beginning with the letter "f" in this puzzle |
| 51% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 51% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 51% | ELEVEN | 6 | The number of clues in this puzzle minus one |
| 49% | SIX | 3 | Number of letters in the word "twelve" |
| 49% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "dictionary" |
| 49% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "smartphone" |
| 49% | THREE | 5 | Number of letters in the word "six" |
| 47% | ENG | 3 | Language of the words in this puzzle: Abbr. |
| 47% | EIGHT | 5 | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |
| 46% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | TEN | 3 | Number of one-voweled, seven-letter words in this puzzle |
| 46% | FOUR | 4 | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| 46% | THREE | 5 | The number of letters in this answer minus two |
| 46% | THREE | 5 | Number of squares in the width and height of this puzzle's city blocks |
| 46% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 45% | DOLLAR | 6 | Source of all the tender words in this puzzle? |
| 45% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of about half the words in this puzzle |
| 44% | CONSONANT | 9 | The beginning of every clue in this puzzle |
| 44% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 44% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of letters in this answer |
| 44% | THREE | 5 | Number of words in the four longest answers |
| 44% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | TEN | 3 | Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies |
| 43% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 43% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Back-and-forth involving seven pairs of words in this puzzle's starred answers |
| 43% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |