| 100% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 61% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 60% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 60% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |
| 55% | UNDERCOVERMAN | 13 | Double agent, or one of four arrangements hidden in this puzzle |
| 54% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 53% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | TAXBREAK | 8 | Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create |
| 51% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 51% | THENUTCRACKER | 13 | Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 48% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? |
| 48% | PARTTHEREDSEA | 13 | Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle |
| 47% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo, or one of four in this puzzle |
| 46% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 45% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 45% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 45% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 45% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| 44% | MONTH | 5 | Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 44% | FALSE | 5 | One of two options in five squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | TRUE | 4 | One of two options in five squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | FLIPPINGONESLID | 15 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 43% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 43% | FORMATION | 9 | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | SIZE | 4 | One of four in this grid |
| 42% | ANGLE | 5 | One of four in a square |