| 100% | SELLOUT | 7 | One would be really disappointed to find this on reaching a movie theatre: Hyph. |
| 33% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 31% | SCALE | 5 | "How would you rate this on a ___ of one to ten?" |
| 30% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 29% | BLURB | 5 | This may be found on a jacket |
| 29% | STUD | 4 | One might be found on a tragus |
| 29% | HEIRGLOOM | 9 | Reaction to a disappointing will? |
| 29% | SEESAW | 6 | One may be found near a swing: Hyph. |
| 29% | FLOE | 4 | A polar bear might be found on one |
| 29% | ELEVEN | 6 | On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to |
| 29% | ICON | 4 | One found on a computer screen or movie screen |
| 29% | ATTICUS | 7 | This Finch is found in To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 29% | INJECTION | 9 | A syringe is used to give one of these |
| 29% | JIBE | 4 | Jack finds one to be a sneer |
| 29% | HILT | 4 | Something a fencer will hang on to |
| 28% | ACTOR | 5 | One who pretends to be a different person on screen |
| 28% | CAMPAIGN | 8 | A candidate trying to get elected is on this trail |
| 28% | ROD | 3 | A Fisherman will need one of these (a long pole) |
| 28% | CLIMAX | 6 | Point during a movie when you really don’t want to be interrupted |
| 28% | LEA | 3 | A herd of sheep may be found on this grazing land |
| 28% | NICE | 4 | One heading on a list important to this week's visitor |
| 28% | IMAXFACTOR | 10 | One reason more people are going to the movies these days? |
| 28% | TAPS | 4 | Link to this solo (and a copy of the words, too) can be found on the Army Study Guide website |
| 28% | EDGE | 4 | The answer to this clue is located on one |
| 28% | OMEN | 4 | Finding a four-leaf clover is said to be a good one |
| 28% | DISCOUNT | 8 | To buy at a reduced rate is to get one of these |
| 28% | REDFLAG | 7 | This is flown on a beach when it's unsafe to swim |
| 28% | BREATHER | 8 | On a long run you might stop to have one of these |
| 28% | LETIN | 5 | Letters which one will have to unjumble to mean information a spy collects or "intel" |
| 28% | ELUC | 4 | Letters which one will have to unjumble to mean a spy's lead or "clue" |