| 100% | SATIRE | 6 | Scrabble sextet that can form a seven-letter word with 18 of the 26 |
| 46% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 43% | GHOST | 5 | Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across |
| 41% | SATE | 4 | Word that can fill in the blanks in _ _ T I A _ _ to form a synonym of itself |
| 41% | FINE | 4 | Word that can precede the last parts of 18-, 39- and 59-Across and 3- and 26-Down |
| 40% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 38% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Bible that starts with a silent letter |
| 38% | HOLY | 4 | Blessed, and a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 28-, 48- and 62-Across |
| 38% | CLEAR | 5 | With 64-Across, words that can precede the starts of 18-, 31-, 38- and 55-Across |
| 37% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 37% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed by the first letters of a series of words |
| 37% | NORA | 4 | Name that can fill in the blank in ME___H to form a word |
| 37% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 37% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 36% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 36% | COURT | 5 | Word with "ship" to refer to the course of a romantic relationship that might lead to marriage |
| 36% | ICECREAM | 8 | Cold treat that can precede the last word of 18-, 23-, 40- or 50-Across |
| 36% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 36% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 36% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 36% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 36% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 36% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 36% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 36% | WAR | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 15-, 18-, 34-, 48- or 55-Across |
| 36% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- or 61-Across |
| 36% | LIST | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 36% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 36% | AUDI | 4 | Auto company that shares half of its letters with the word “auto” |