| 100% | THEGREATWAGON | 13 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 100% | THESEVENOXEN | 12 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 89% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 55% | CANADIANPROVINCE | 16 | What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for |
| 52% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 52% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 52% | TREE | 4 | Thing hidden in each of the movie names in this puzzle |
| 51% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 50% | HONAN | 5 | Older name for the city of Zhengzhou's province |
| 49% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ANGORA | 6 | Old city name for the location of the Turkey's Alaeddin Mosque |
| 48% | OLDDRAGONSHEAD | 14 | Section of the eastern end of this puzzle's landmark, so named for its resemblance to a mythical beast drinking from the sea |
| 48% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 48% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 47% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |
| 47% | POPES | 5 | 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these |
| 47% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | One of the five related names in this puzzle |
| 46% | CENTERLINE | 10 | Marking in the middle of the road ... or an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 46% | KANGAROOWORD | 12 | Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 46% | SANTA | 5 | It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities |
| 45% | SHAHJAHAN | 9 | Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 45% | THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN | 21 | Leader of the pack hidden in this puzzle? |
| 44% | GABLE | 5 | Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle |
| 44% | MISSING | 7 | Like the letter O in this puzzle’s entire solution |
| 44% | THEBEEGEES | 10 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, and an apt name for a trio of answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |