| 100% | BIRDSARENTREAL | 14 | Satirical conspiracy theory that explains why some creatures in this puzzle seem to be imaginary |
| 31% | TON | 3 | Heavy weight that seems to be missing from this puzzle |
| 28% | TWOFIRSTNAMES | 13 | What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess |
| 27% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 26% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 26% | CORAL | 5 | Colorful sea creature in reefs that, oddly enough, is related to jellyfish |
| 26% | 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) |
| 26% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 26% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 26% | CORNCROP | 8 | Harvest that some farmers are up to their ears in? |
| 26% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 25% | AREA | 4 | ___ 51, said to be a government facility that is the subject of UFO conspiracy theories |
| 25% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 25% | GODSENDS | 8 | Things that are so beneficial as to seem divine in origin |
| 25% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 25% | ANYTAKERS | 9 | "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them |
| 25% | JAN | 3 | New Year month to send a wish that is highlighted in this puzzle, for short |
| 25% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 24% | FLASK | 5 | Volumetric container found in a lab that can be used to see some chemical reactions |
| 24% | FLAVOROFTHEDAY | 14 | Special offering that might be found in this puzzle |
| 24% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 24% | ESSES | 5 | This puzzle is missing some |
| 23% | SHADESOFPINK | 12 | What seven key words in this puzzle are |
| 23% | ENG | 3 | This puzzle is in it, briefly |
| 23% | KITED | 5 | Some kid extras in outdoor scenes are this, so to speak |
| 23% | CHAOS | 5 | Controlled ___, oxymoron used to describe a situation that seems to be out of control but has some factors in control |
| 23% | NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK | 17 | Item hidden somewhere in this puzzle (where is it?) |
| 23% | TWENTYNINTHOFFEBRUARY | 21 | When the people featured in this puzzle were born |
| 23% | INLIVINGCOLOR | 13 | 1990s sketch comedy show, or how you'll see the creatures in this puzzle |
| 23% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |