| 100% | POTHOLES | 8 | Road hazards ... four of which are illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| 56% | BLACKCATS | 9 | Unlucky symbols, four of which can be found in this puzzle |
| 50% | FOOD | 4 | ___ pyramid, four examples of which are seen in this puzzle |
| 47% | UMLAUT | 6 | Diacritical mark resembling a dieresis, both of which are represented in this puzzle |
| 46% | LONG | 4 | Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle |
| 42% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Result of not following through (of which there are four examples in this puzzle's grid) |
| 40% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 40% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 40% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 39% | POPES | 5 | 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these |
| 39% | WICHITALINEMAN | 14 | Glen Campbell hit, the last word of which is this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | ROADS | 5 | There are four hidden in this puzzle, which together suggest a familiar five-word saying (3,5,4,2,4) |
| 39% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 38% | VANS | 4 | Moving vehicles, one of which is "moving" across rows 3, 5, and 7 of this puzzle |
| 38% | ALPS | 4 | High points of which five are found going up in this puzzle |
| 37% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 37% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Injuries illustrated four times in this puzzle |
| 37% | SPELLEDOUT | 10 | Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are? |
| 36% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 36% | ROBIN | 5 | "___ Hood," movie starring Jamie Foxx which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 36% | OUTLAW | 6 | "___ King," movie starring Chris Pine which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 36% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 36% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 36% | CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH | 19 | Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? |
| 35% | SNOW | 4 | Balls of it are found in this puzzle |
| 35% | GREEKLETTERS | 12 | Contents of four answers found in this puzzle |
| 35% | GETTINGTHEW | 11 | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| 35% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 35% | PILLOWTALK | 10 | Nighttime heart-to-heart that's taken literally in this puzzle |