| 100% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 59% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 55% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 49% | OPERA | 5 | Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one |
| 47% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 43% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 43% | ISOGRAM | 7 | Phrase with no repeated letters (like each of this puzzle’s seven longest answers) |
| 43% | PUN | 3 | Any of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 42% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 42% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 42% | OOHS | 4 | Sounds of awe heard twice in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | ROCKSET | 7 | Description of this puzzle's theme answers, sounding like "The Look" singers? |
| 41% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 40% | CANADIANPROVINCE | 16 | What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for |
| 40% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 40% | FIFTHWHEEL | 10 | Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle’s circled letters? |
| 40% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 40% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 40% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | SNOWMEN | 7 | Winter figures, made from the "bonus" letters in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | 15 | Super-rare basketball feat ... or what each of six long answers in this puzzle contains |
| 39% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 38% | PIECESOFOO | 10 | Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) |
| 38% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 37% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 37% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball feat suggested by this puzzle's pairs of theme answers, informally |
| 37% | OWO | 3 | Surprised emoticon hidden in four of this puzzle's answers |
| 37% | MAGI | 4 | Wise guys featured in this puzzle's theme answers |