| 100% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle that involves number placement |
| 55% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Puzzle that involves a quoted passage |
| 53% | WORDLADDER | 10 | Puzzle that involves changing one letter per "rung" |
| 53% | CROSTIC | 7 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 53% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 53% | JUMBLE | 6 | Newspaper puzzle that involves unscrambling words |
| 53% | JUMBLE | 6 | Newspaper puzzle that involves scrambled words |
| 51% | MAZE | 4 | Pencil puzzle that involves finding the correct route |
| 48% | LOTTERY | 7 | Game of chance that involves drawing numbers |
| 47% | HOPSCOTCH | 9 | Playground game that involves jumping on numbered spaces |
| 46% | LOGIC | 5 | Puzzle genre that involves reasoning |
| 42% | LOST | 4 | Former ABC drama that involved the number sequence 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 |
| 39% | DIGITAL | 7 | Involving numbers |
| 39% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | Crucial last moments in a game, or a popular New Year's tradition that involves shouting numbers backwards |
| 38% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 36-Across, statistical feat that typically involves the number of points, rebounds, and assists |
| 37% | BUILDERS | 8 | Those involved in construction |
| 36% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle that includes dead ends |
| 36% | PANGRAM | 7 | Puzzle that uses every letter |
| 36% | JIGSAW | 6 | Puzzle that's pieced together |
| 36% | DOTTODOTS | 9 | Puzzles that require making connections |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies |
| 36% | MATH | 4 | Subject involving numbers |
| 36% | REBUS | 5 | Puzzle that combines pictures and letters |
| 36% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle that may have dead ends |
| 36% | KENKEN | 6 | Puzzle that requires arithmetic and logic |
| 36% | REBUS | 5 | Puzzle that combines images and letters |
| 36% | NUMERICAL | 9 | Involving numbers or expressed as numbers |
| 35% | ALUMS | 5 | Those involved in after-school activities? |
| 35% | ARSON | 5 | Crime that involves burning |
| 35% | FINGERFEUD | 10 | Argument that involves pointing? |