| 100% | ESCAPES | 7 | Solves the final puzzle in a puzzle room, perhaps |
| 50% | LISASIMPSON | 11 | Animated girl who was in the finals of a crossword puzzle tournament: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ITSDISCONNECTED | 15 | "Check the plug!" (and a hint to solving four rows in this puzzle) |
| 48% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle in a cornfield, perhaps |
| 46% | TOTALIZING | 10 | Make into the final figure in a sum |
| 46% | LASTUP | 6 | Like the final batter in a batting order |
| 46% | PINUP | 5 | Centerfold in a locker room, perhaps |
| 46% | DROPABEAT | 9 | Trick to solving the shaded answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | ANCHORLEG | 9 | Run by the final athlete in a relay race |
| 46% | KILLEDTIME | 10 | Solved crosswords in a waiting room, say |
| 45% | ANCHORLEG | 9 | Race run by the final runner in a relay team |
| 45% | PASSTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword in a waiting room, say |
| 44% | PROUDPAPA | 9 | One handing out cigars in a waiting room, perhaps |
| 44% | CODA | 4 | In music, the final part of a musical structure |
| 44% | META | 4 | Puzzle within a puzzle (like the one in this puzzle) |
| 44% | ANCHOR | 6 | Final leg in a relay, given to the fastest runner |
| 44% | ESCAPE | 6 | Succeed in a modern room-based puzzle game |
| 44% | RUN | 3 | Participate in the final part of a triathlon |
| 44% | POUTING | 7 | Pursing the lips, like in a selfie perhaps |
| 44% | JAMAICANRUM | 11 | The "dark" in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps |
| 43% | LOSE | 4 | Not make it to the top three in a race, perhaps |
| 43% | RAN | 3 | Took part in the final leg of a triathlon |
| 43% | BRIDE | 5 | Woman walking down the aisle in a chapel, perhaps |
| 43% | KNOCKEDOVERABANK | 16 | In a final desperate move the klutz _____ |
| 43% | CORNER | 6 | The walls in a room meet here |
| 43% | ERR | 3 | Put the wrong answer in a crossword puzzle, e.g. |
| 42% | PACER | 5 | Nervous person in a hospital waiting room, perhaps |
| 42% | REVAMPED | 8 | Remodeled, the setting of a room perhaps |
| 41% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |