| 100% | EGG | 3 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle, as seen in 28a, 45a, 7d, 11d, and 31d! |
| 35% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 34% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Lincoln topic, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 32% | CONDENSEDMILK | 13 | Ingredient of sweetened Thai tea, and a hint to solving some squares in this puzzle |
| 32% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 32% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 30% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 30% | DISUNION | 8 | State of division, and what the first letters of the states divided across black squares in this puzzle spell out |
| 30% | HOLE | 4 | With 34- and 35-Across, something made by following the path of O's in this puzzle's grid |
| 30% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| 29% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Puzzling activity, as seen four times in this puzzle? |
| 29% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | HAPPINESS | 9 | What the science of well-being studies ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 29% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 29% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 29% | ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING | 19 | "We all see the obvious here, right?," and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? |
| 28% | FISHLADDERS | 11 | Structures aiding in the migration of aquatic creatures, illustrated twice in this puzzle |
| 28% | INTERCHANGEABLE | 15 | Like the parts of this puzzle's toy, as depicted throughout the grid |
| 28% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 27% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 27% | BRIGHTIDEA | 10 | Stroke of genius … or the theme of this puzzle |
| 27% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 27% | CONSONANT | 9 | The beginning of every clue in this puzzle |
| 27% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 27% | LAS | 3 | In Deck the Halls, you sing a lot of Fas and these |
| 27% | FEATUREARTICLE | 14 | In-depth news story, or any of the reviews mentioned in this puzzle? |
| 27% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous message at the top of a returned assignment ... and a hint to the beginning of four answers in this puzzle? |