| 100% | DOUBLED*PPERS | 13 | Ones committing a party foul ... or the images depicted in this puzzle's grid? |
| 51% | DOUBLEDIP | 9 | Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| 45% | PINATA | 6 | Party item depicted in the middle of this puzzle's grid |
| 43% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 41% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 32-Down, person associated with the scene depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 41% | SWISSROLL | 9 | Sweet treat depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 40% | WAGONOFHEAVEN | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Babylonian folklore |
| 40% | SEVENO*EN | 9 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Roman folklore |
| 39% | DRINKINGGOURD | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in African American folklore |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | In one ___ and out the other (how a word may travel through someone's brain--or through this puzzle grid) |
| 39% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 37% | RUNNING | 7 | With 57-Across, 1977 Jackson Browne album ... or a hint to what's depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 37% | 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 |
| 36% | SERVES | 6 | Starts the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 36% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | TVSPOTS | 7 | Many P.S.A.s ... or the four circled squares in this grid? |
| 36% | ONIONDOME | 9 | Prominent feature of 5-/17-Across depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 35% | WISEUPTO | 8 | Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid |
| 35% | META | 4 | Puzzle within a puzzle (like the one in this puzzle) |
| 35% | AGRA | 4 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 35% | SHAHJAHAN | 9 | Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 35% | INDIA | 5 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 35% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 35% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 35% | PLUSSIGN | 8 | One of five depicted in this puzzle |
| 34% | TNUT | 4 | Hardware fastener ... or a literal hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |