| 100% | FISHLADDERS | 11 | Structures aiding in the migration of aquatic creatures, illustrated twice in this puzzle |
| 47% | AFRAMEBUILDINGS | 15 | Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters |
| 42% | DRUMBREAK | 9 | Prominent feature of "In the Air Tonight"... or what's found twice in this puzzle |
| 40% | POTHOLES | 8 | Road hazards ... four of which are illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| 39% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 39% | ELVIS | 5 | The King (subject of four "sightings" elsewhere in this puzzle) |
| 38% | HOMECHEF | 8 | Popular meal kit company (or the mother of the food critic featured in this puzzle?) |
| 38% | OOHS | 4 | Sounds of awe heard twice in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 38% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Source of all the quotes in this puzzle |
| 38% | SHAHJAHAN | 9 | Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 38% | THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN | 21 | Leader of the pack hidden in this puzzle? |
| 38% | ENG | 3 | Language of the words in this puzzle: Abbr. |
| 37% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | One of the five related names in this puzzle |
| 37% | TOOLBOX | 7 | Locale of all the circled items in this puzzle |
| 37% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 37% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of about half the words in this puzzle |
| 37% | DOLLAR | 6 | Source of all the tender words in this puzzle? |
| 37% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 37% | KANGAROOWORD | 12 | Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | GABLE | 5 | Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle |
| 37% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | SYMPHONIC | 9 | Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle |
| 37% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 37% | CONSONANT | 9 | The beginning of every clue in this puzzle |
| 37% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 36% | BOP | 3 | Catchy song, slangily, like the ones mentioned in the theme of this puzzle |
| 36% | FLOCK | 5 | Gathering of 1-Down, like that found in the center of this puzzle |