| 100% | PICKUPTHEPIECES | 15 | Recover after a heartbreak … or Step 2 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| 64% | FINDTHERIGHTFIT | 15 | Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| 64% | LAYITALLOUTTHERE | 16 | Confess one’s true feelings … or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| 46% | EDGES | 5 | Good starting places for solving a jigsaw puzzle |
| 43% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where you may go after reaching an impasse … or a hint for solving this puzzle's 12 starred clues |
| 42% | SEETHEBIGPICTURE | 16 | Get some perspective … or what you do once you’ve solved a jigsaw puzzle? |
| 37% | AIM | 3 | Step 2 for a marksman |
| 35% | OFFORTUNE | 9 | "Wheel ___," TV game show in which contestants solve word puzzles after spinning a giant wheel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HINT | 4 | Helpful suggestion for solving a puzzle |
| 34% | IDIOTBOX | 8 | Colloquial term for the Television... or a hint to solve 16a, 22a, 4d, and 36d: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EDGE | 4 | Helpful kind of piece for a jigsaw puzzle doer |
| 33% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | COOPERATE | 9 | Work together to solve a problem or puzzle |
| 32% | HINT | 4 | Little nudge for someone trying to solve a puzzle |
| 32% | BIGBOYBED | 9 | *Next step up after a crib, for some toddlers |
| 31% | BATHROOMSCALE | 13 | Something you might step on before or after a shower |
| 31% | LOOKUP | 6 | Search for, in a dictionary or a phonebook: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MANOVERBOARD | 12 | Emergency shout ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 31% | RINGCYCLE | 9 | Wagner work ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 31% | UPTEGOTEMIT | 11 | Reveille message … or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 31% | PEOPLEOFTHEEARTH | 16 | Humankind … or a title for this puzzle |
| 31% | AUPAIR | 6 | Domestic … or a title for this puzzle |
| 31% | DOUBLERAINBOW | 13 | Rare sighting after a storm ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | GIVEITATRY | 10 | "Go on, take a taste!" ... or an apt title for this puzzle? |
| 30% | TURNTHETIDE | 11 | Stage a comeback, or an apt title for this puzzle |
| 30% | TOMAKEALONGSTORYSHORT | 21 | "In a nutshell" … or an alternative title for this puzzle? |
| 30% | ACTON | 5 | Take steps after reviewing a piece of information: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HANDSET | 7 | Phone part ... or a title for this puzzle? |
| 30% | BOOMERANGEFFECT | 15 | Unwelcome reversal ... or a title for this puzzle? |
| 30% | LONGDIVISION | 12 | Method for calculating a quotient ... or what occurs eight times in this puzzle? |