| 100% | AFRAMEBUILDINGS | 15 | Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters |
| 37% | FISHLADDERS | 11 | Structures aiding in the migration of aquatic creatures, illustrated twice in this puzzle |
| 36% | EVILQUEEN | 9 | She queried a magic object named twice in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 34% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 33% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 33% | ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE | 15 | Acknowledgement of success--four are hidden in this puzzle, each adjacent to a black square |
| 33% | TAXBREAK | 8 | Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create |
| 33% | PARTTHEREDSEA | 13 | Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle |
| 32% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 32% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Puzzle with letters and black squares |
| 32% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 31% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 31% | CHOICES | 7 | Personal decisions, found twice in this puzzle |
| 31% | MAGNET | 6 | Object represented visually twice in this puzzle |
| 31% | MILKSHAKE | 9 | Sweet treat found twice in this puzzle |
| 31% | TREE | 4 | Shade ___ (something seen twice in this puzzle) |
| 31% | DISUNION | 8 | State of division, and what the first letters of the states divided across black squares in this puzzle spell out |
| 31% | DOTTEDI | 7 | Lowercase letter illustrated six times in this puzzle? |
| 31% | SUN | 3 | What's seen "rising" twice in this puzzle |
| 30% | NORDICCROSS | 11 | Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle's grid |
| 30% | OOHS | 4 | Sounds of awe heard twice in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 30% | SPECS | 5 | 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle |
| 30% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | TILTEDARC | 9 | Controversial Richard Serra installation whose name is represented twice in this puzzle |
| 29% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | GAIT | 4 | Horse's pace, which can be found jumping across black squares in rows 3, 6, 10 and 14 of this grid |
| 29% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Ecological hierarchy, and a structure found in this puzzle |
| 29% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 28% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 28% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |