| 100% | ESTO | 4 | Spanish for "this" (anagram of "toes") |
| 72% | ORO | 3 | Spanish for "gold" (anagram of "roo") |
| 60% | HINT | 4 | "This answer is an anagram of THIN," for example |
| 58% | TORERO | 6 | Spanish name for a bullfighter (anagram of "rooter") |
| 58% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Anagram of "the plane"; another word for pachyderm |
| 57% | CHEATER | 7 | Anagram of teacher, a rare word for a fraudster |
| 57% | OPT | 3 | Anagram of "top" for a word that means "decide" |
| 57% | ESTA | 4 | Spanish for "this" |
| 57% | ESTO | 4 | Spanish for "this" |
| 57% | ESTO | 4 | Spanish for “this” |
| 56% | ESOS | 4 | Spanish for "these" |
| 56% | REGISTRAR | 9 | Anagram of whose puzzle this is (including the apostrophe "s") |
| 56% | CADIZ | 5 | Spanish port of departure for Columbus |
| 55% | ECO | 3 | Anagram of CEO which is the prefix for pro-Earth initiatives |
| 55% | PLATES | 6 | Eat off these; anagram of "staple" |
| 54% | PALOMAR | 7 | Mount whose name is Spanish for "place of the pigeon" |
| 54% | TREAD | 5 | This type of mill is used for exercise |
| 54% | EAST | 4 | Appropriate word for this "coast" of the grid |
| 54% | CALIENTE | 8 | Theme of this puzzle, in Spanish |
| 53% | YEARNED | 7 | Longed for; anagram of end year |
| 53% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Warning for solvers of this puzzle |
| 53% | ENG | 3 | Language of this puzzle, for short |
| 53% | ENG | 3 | Language of this clue, for short |
| 53% | ENG | 3 | Language of this crossword, for short |
| 53% | CLAMBERS | 8 | Ascends awkwardly, and an anagram of this puzzle's circled word |
| 53% | HUMPBACK | 8 | This species of baleen whale is known for singing |
| 52% | JESUITS | 7 | Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest, founded these |
| 52% | SSORCAYREVE | 11 | Start of instructions for solving this puzzle |
| 52% | ETS | 3 | Ones out of this world, for short |
| 52% | TAKE | 4 | "Can you ___ care of this for me?" |