| 100% | COOKIECUTTERS | 13 | Slicing tools in a bakery ... or what several black squares in this puzzle represent |
| 55% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 52% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 52% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |
| 51% | PIZZATOPPING | 12 | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper … or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| 49% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 48% | SCALES | 6 | What some black squares in this grid represent |
| 48% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 46% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 46% | TAXBREAK | 8 | Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create |
| 46% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 45% | DIVIDEDBY | 9 | ÷ ... or a literal hint to interpreting eight squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 45% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 45% | LONGDIVISION | 12 | Method for calculating a quotient ... or what occurs eight times in this puzzle? |
| 45% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 45% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 45% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 45% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 44% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 44% | TNUT | 4 | Hardware fastener ... or a literal hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 43% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 43% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit-flavored candy … or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle |