| 100% | ENIGMA | 6 | Something puzzling |
| 80% | IHAVETOASK | 10 | "OK, there's something puzzling me …" |
| 76% | ENIGMA | 6 | Something difficult to grasp or puzzling |
| 75% | PIE | 3 | Something easy (like this puzzle?), supposedly |
| 71% | THREELETTERWORD | 15 | Something not found in this puzzle's answer |
| 69% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 69% | LETFLY | 6 | Something to do with the shapes in this puzzle? |
| 67% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 65% | SHIFTKEY | 8 | Something that's pressed, which helps explain this puzzle's theme |
| 65% | CAPITALOFFENSE | 14 | Something committed by 41-Across ... or by this puzzle's creator? |
| 63% | SOAPBOX | 7 | Platform ... or something that appears four times in this puzzle? |
| 63% | PRAYER | 6 | It ends with something found four times in this puzzle |
| 63% | SOCIALCLIMBER | 13 | Certain striver ... or something found four times in this puzzle? |
| 63% | PENCIL | 6 | Puzzle solver's stationery, and something that can be sharpened |
| 61% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Popular yoga pose ... or something found seven times in this puzzle |
| 59% | OUTONALIMB | 10 | In a risky situation, and something found four times in this puzzle |
| 58% | 4WARDINGADDRESS | 15 | Something to leave at the post office ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme? |
| 57% | STARCROSSEDLOVE | 15 | Relationship doomed from the start ... or something found in this puzzle four times? |
| 57% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 Bette Davis film hinting at something found 15 times in this puzzle |
| 57% | DASHEDLINE | 10 | Indication of where to cut … or something written five times in this puzzle? |
| 57% | SOLVE | 5 | Crack a puzzle, something 23a may do first to annoy you |
| 56% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Something to "call me" per an old song … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | EMAIL | 5 | Something you could send to crosswords@vox.com saying how great these puzzles are, for example |
| 56% | TALKOFTHETOWN | 13 | Something stirring up local buzz . . . or an apt way to describe this puzzle’s starred clues |
| 55% | COLORBYNUMBER | 13 | Kid's art activity ... or something seen four times in this puzzle's solution? |
| 55% | WORKOUTTHEBUGS | 14 | Gradually fix something ... or what to do to understand this puzzle's italicized clues? |
| 55% | TEABREAK | 8 | Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 54% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 54% | NAMEOFTHEGAME | 13 | Something's essential aspect ... or what's spelled out by letters in this puzzle's eight "cups" |
| 53% | BROKEN | 6 | With 40-Across, repeat offender? ... or something found, literally, in four rows in this puzzle |