| 100% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 48% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 48% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 47% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 46% | 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 |
| 45% | DISUNION | 8 | State of division, and what the first letters of the states divided across black squares in this puzzle spell out |
| 44% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 43% | PIZZATOPPING | 12 | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper … or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| 43% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 42% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 41% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 41% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| 40% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 40% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 40% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Inadequate effort ... or the contents of six squares in this puzzle? |
| 39% | FORMATION | 9 | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 39% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 39% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 39% | GREEKCROSS | 10 | Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups of shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 38% | TWODASHES | 9 | Octet of black squares in the middle of this grid, typographically |
| 38% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 38% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 38% | SUN | 3 | Space heater, or what's hiding in 2 of this puzzle's squares |
| 38% | FIVEDOLLARWORDS | 15 | Fancy-schmancy language ... or the contents of some special squares in this puzzle |