| 100% | MOVINGVAN | 9 | Relocation aid, and a description of its progress through this puzzle |
| 50% | SERVICEANIMAL | 13 | Nonhuman helper, and a description of this puzzle's mascots? |
| 48% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 48% | ICEBREAKER | 10 | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| 48% | CARTALK | 7 | NPR show from 1977 to 2021, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | "No charge," and a description of five places in this puzzle |
| 47% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | HARDEDGED | 9 | Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers |
| 47% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 46% | EASY | 4 | Like Mini crosswords ... and a phonetic description of this puzzle? |
| 45% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 45% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | MOVER | 5 | Relocation pro, and a hint for six of this puzzle's answers |
| 44% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | PARTTIMEJOB | 11 | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| 41% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? |
| 39% | BED | 3 | With 66-Across, cover of sorts, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | OKBYME | 6 | "I'm good with it," or a description of eight occurrences in this puzzle |
| 39% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Novelist's bane, and a seven-time feature of this puzzle |
| 38% | TRIALBYFIRE | 11 | Pressure-filled ordeal, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the left side of the puzzle |
| 38% | TAKEBYSTORM | 11 | Rapidly achieve success in, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words at the top of the puzzle |
| 38% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 38% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 38% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit-flavored candy … or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle |
| 38% | ITHASITSUPSANDDOWNS | 19 | "There are positives as well as negatives" ... or a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 38% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |