| 100% | IAD | 3 | One of DC's 35-Across (first spelled with its third letter moved to first) |
| 41% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 38% | CHOPSTICK | 9 | It's difficult to dine with one of these |
| 37% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 35% | MADAM | 5 | Polite term of address, with or without its third letter |
| 35% | SECRET | 6 | With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 35% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 34% | GOOGLE | 6 | Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O's toward the bottom of its webpages |
| 34% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 34% | FOILMETHOD | 10 | Technique used to multiply (x+4)(x-5), with the first words of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 44 Across making up its mnemonic |
| 33% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer whose performance of "What's Love Got to Do With It" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 33% | WHO | 3 | It becomes another question when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 33% | ALLEN | 5 | With 24-Across, original spelling of one of Robin Hood's "Merry Men" |
| 33% | SPIRO | 5 | With 60-Across, one of two U.S. vice presidents to resign from office |
| 32% | WHO | 3 | Question that becomes another question when its first letter is moved to its end |
| 32% | MONTHS | 6 | Combining the first letters of five consecutive ones spells JASON |
| 32% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 32% | TRE | 3 | Italian number whose letters are the first, third and fifth letters of its English equivalent |
| 32% | SAT | 3 | High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components |
| 32% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 31% | OINK | 4 | It comes out of a pen, either with or without its first letter |
| 31% | STU | 3 | Man's name spelled with three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 31% | EGO | 3 | One's head can be swollen with it, so to say |
| 31% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer of "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
| 31% | BAEZ | 4 | One of the first to record Dylan's songs |
| 31% | ROSE | 4 | It's romantic to give someone one of these |
| 31% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | AORTA | 5 | It connects to one of the heart's four valves |
| 31% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | Y2K | 3 | 1999 tech scare believed to present a major 110 Across (and a description of its circled letters) |