| 100% | HID | 3 | Placed in a hard-to-find location |
| 82% | HID | 3 | Placed in a hard-to-find spot |
| 73% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | It's hard to find in a crowd |
| 70% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Tower of straw it's hard to find a needle in |
| 68% | MONEYCLIP | 9 | Place to find cash in a pinch? |
| 64% | MCCAFE | 6 | Place to get a brew in more than 11,000 U.S. locations |
| 63% | BURY | 4 | Hide in a hard-to-find spot |
| 63% | RARA | 4 | Hard to find in Latin? |
| 63% | RARA | 4 | Hard to find, in Latin |
| 63% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find the solution for a test, in more ways than one, informally |
| 62% | RARER | 5 | Harder to find, as a collectible |
| 62% | RARA | 4 | Hard to find, in old 13-Down |
| 61% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 61% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 59% | GREASED | 7 | Hard to handle, in a way |
| 59% | EELY | 4 | Hard to handle, in a way |
| 59% | INEDIBLE | 8 | Hard to swallow, in a way |
| 59% | ODORLESS | 8 | Hard to detect, in a way |
| 59% | EELY | 4 | Hard to grasp, in a way |
| 59% | TENURED | 7 | Hard to dismiss, in a way |
| 59% | STEEP | 5 | Hard to climb, in a way |
| 59% | ICIER | 5 | Harder to travel, in a way |
| 59% | STEEPER | 7 | Harder to climb, in a way |
| 58% | RECROOM | 7 | Place in a house to play foosball or Ping-Pong, perhaps |
| 58% | DRYEYES | 7 | They may be hard to find at a tearjerker |
| 58% | LOUD | 4 | Hard to look at, in a way |
| 58% | NONDESCRIPT | 11 | Hard to pick out in a crowd |
| 58% | BLURRED | 7 | Hard to make out, in a way |
| 58% | SEMIRARE | 8 | A little hard to find |
| 58% | GAMEROOM | 8 | Place in a house where one might find a cue or Clue |