| 100% | IDO | 3 | Punch line to "What's the longest sentence in the English language?" |
| 47% | HOE | 3 | Repeated word in the punch line to "What's Santa's favorite garden tool?" |
| 43% | SPOONFEED | 9 | Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order |
| 43% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 43% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 42% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 41% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 41% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 40% | RUR | 3 | Karel Capek play premiered in 1921 which introduced the word robot to the English language |
| 40% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common |
| 39% | TOES | 4 | What's in the five longest answers |
| 38% | BRR | 3 | What's heard in the three longest answers |
| 38% | SPREADTHIN | 10 | What's found in the other eight longest answers |
| 38% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 38% | THE | 3 | Most common word in the English language |
| 38% | NEXT | 4 | "He's ___ in line to the throne" |
| 37% | UUUU | 4 | What's common to the five longest answers |
| 37% | AND | 3 | Most commonly used conjunction in the English language |
| 37% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 37% | DRAW | 4 | It adds one point to a soccer team's standing in the English Premier League |
| 37% | FISHORCUTBAIT | 13 | Line to the indecisive, and what you'll need to add in order to complete some lines in this puzzle |
| 37% | ABC | 3 | Start to the English language? |
| 36% | ADDTOGETHER | 11 | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| 36% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 36% | METOO | 5 | "Ditto!" (and a hint to what's in the grid-spanning answers) |
| 36% | THE | 3 | Most common word in the English language ending in "E" |
| 36% | YOU | 3 | Most common word in the English language ending in "U" |
| 36% | AND | 3 | What the puzzle's eight longest answers have in common |
| 36% | ENTER | 5 | What's the key to getting from the end of a line to the start? |
| 36% | ERSE | 4 | Language in longer sentence |