| 100% | BALLOON | 7 | Party staple suggested by connecting this puzzle's special squares |
| 52% | PARALLELOGRAM | 13 | What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order |
| 51% | OCTAGON | 7 | Shape of 96-Across suggested by this puzzle's special squares |
| 48% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 47% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Global warming calculation whose shape is suggested by connecting 14 squares in this puzzle in a closed loop based on the appropriate 23-Across |
| 45% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 45% | OCTET | 5 | This puzzle's special squares, e.g. |
| 44% | THIRTEENOLONIES | 15 | What this puzzle's special squares represent |
| 43% | KENKEN | 6 | Newspaper puzzle suggested by this crossword's shaded squares |
| 43% | PARTY | 5 | Event suggested by this puzzle's circled squares, read clockwise from the top |
| 43% | FLIPPINGONESLID | 15 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | GENDERFLUID | 11 | Having a variable identity, as suggested by four squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | BUTTERFLYEFFECT | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares |
| 42% | TWOPEASINAPOD | 13 | Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 41% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 41% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 40% | 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 |
| 39% | THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER | 21 | This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| 39% | GOESFORASPIN | 12 | Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 39% | NORTH | 5 | Direction suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Game suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Locale suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | THOMASNAST | 10 | Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | CHEMICALBONDING | 15 | Attraction suggested by this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Employee hours suggested by this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | THEROUNDSONME | 13 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 37% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |