| 100% | ARIA | 4 | Song for Maria Callas, which can be found within "Maria Callas" |
| 47% | TEASE | 5 | Verb for which synonyms can be found at the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 43% | ARC | 3 | Shape that can be found within "architecture" |
| 43% | EEK | 3 | Cartoon shriek that can be found within "reek" |
| 41% | BLACKCATS | 9 | Unlucky symbols, four of which can be found in this puzzle |
| 41% | SHALE | 5 | Rock in which fossils can be found |
| 41% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Country in which kookaburras can be found |
| 40% | PINS | 4 | Bowlers' targets ... 10 of which can be found appropriately arranged in this puzzle |
| 39% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | CANTERBURYTALES | 15 | "The ___" (Chaucer stories in which the singular "they" can be found) |
| 39% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | TWIT | 4 | British slang for a foolish person that can be found in "Twitter" |
| 38% | NOS | 3 | Items which could be rational, complex, real and even negative, for short |
| 38% | BACK | 4 | "If I Could Turn ___ Time," song by Cher which is a powerful ballad about wishing for a way to undo mistakes |
| 38% | KEYS | 4 | PC things, which can be found at the starts of 14-, 22-, 37-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 38% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco whose first name can be found backward in her song title "Binary" |
| 38% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers |
| 38% | WAY | 3 | "Find My ___," song by Paul McCartney that can be added to a "Lost & Found" playlist |
| 37% | DIVINGBIRD | 10 | Avian that plunges for prey, or what can be found in 14-, 28-, 52-, and 60-Across |
| 37% | WRAPAROUND | 10 | With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle |
| 36% | GONE | 4 | "Since U Been ___," song by Kelly Clarkson that could be added to a "Lost & Found" playlist |
| 36% | ONTHATNOTE | 10 | Speaking of which ... or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found? |
| 36% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Casual pants (brands of which can be found at the starts of 16-Across, 27-Across, and 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GAIT | 4 | Horse's pace, which can be found jumping across black squares in rows 3, 6, 10 and 14 of this grid |
| 36% | LOSE | 4 | "___ Yourself," song by Eminem that can be added to a "Lost & Found" playlist |
| 36% | ADORE | 5 | "___ You," hit song by Harry Styles which was nominated for a Grammy award |
| 35% | SOCIALDISTANCING | 16 | Strategy for combatting a pandemic ... or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 31-, 49-, and 55-Across? |
| 35% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |