| 100% | SUDOKU | 6 | Numbers puzzle with grids of 3 x 3 squares |
| 50% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle typically played with a 9-by-9 grid of numbers |
| 48% | KILLERSUDOKU | 12 | Number puzzle with elements of kakuro |
| 46% | SUDOKU | 6 | Number puzzle with a 9x9 grid |
| 45% | SUDOKU | 6 | Number puzzle with squares to fill in |
| 44% | SUDOKU | 6 | Number puzzle containing nine 3×3 squares |
| 43% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle with a grid with squares |
| 43% | NINE | 4 | See 14 Across ... or the number of interconnected Monday puzzles before this one, starting with 3/15 |
| 43% | SUDOKU | 6 | Number puzzles written on square grids |
| 43% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle with a 9 x 9 grid |
| 42% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |
| 39% | NINE | 4 | Number of spaces in a "Hollywood Squares" grid |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Number of X's in this puzzle's answer |
| 39% | SILVER | 6 | With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid? |
| 38% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | Number of K's in this puzzle's completed grid |
| 38% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 38% | FAB | 3 | With the circled squares of 35-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of words beginning with the letter "f" in this puzzle |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 36% | THREE | 5 | Number of squares in the width and height of this puzzle's city blocks |
| 36% | BOISE | 5 | With 3-Down, U.S. capital + state with the fewest number of combined letters |
| 36% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 36% | SUDOKU | 6 | 3 x 3 x 3 puzzle |
| 36% | CHECKALL | 8 | With 39-Down, fulfill requirements ... or how to fill four of this puzzle's squares? |
| 35% | EVENPAR | 7 | What golfers with equal numbers of squares and circles on their scorecards shoot |
| 35% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 35% | MATRICES | 8 | Grids of numbers |
| 35% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |