| 100% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and an end |
| 68% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 65% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 58% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 54% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 52% | TRAGIC | 6 | Like a play with an unhappy ending, such as "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 51% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 50% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a path from Start to Finish |
| 49% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with passageways and dead ends |
| 49% | EFS | 3 | Start and end of a faceoff? |
| 48% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with an entrance and an exit? |
| 48% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with an entrance and an exit |
| 48% | NEST | 4 | Start and end of many a flight |
| 48% | STORY | 5 | Tale with a beginning, middle, and end |
| 48% | LEG | 3 | One with a knee and an ankle |
| 48% | HINTHINT | 8 | Comment with a wink and an elbow |
| 48% | EGG | 3 | Item with a yolk and an albumen |
| 48% | STRUM | 5 | Work with a pick and an ax? |
| 48% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 47% | ABRA | 4 | Start and end of a magician's cry |
| 47% | POOL | 4 | Game with a cue and an eight-ball |
| 47% | REBUS | 5 | Type of puzzle with a combination of image and letter clues |
| 46% | ALPHABET | 8 | It starts with "A" and ends with "Z" |
| 46% | HUGSITOUT | 9 | Ends a conflict with an embrace |
| 45% | COMMAS | 6 | Use inverted __ to start and end a quoted passage |
| 45% | HARDC | 5 | It starts and ends seven answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that starts and ends with O |
| 45% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | State that starts and ends with the same letter |