| 100% | MINDYOURPSANDQS | 15 | Suggestion for solving today's puzzle |
| 68% | HINT | 4 | Helpful suggestion for solving a puzzle |
| 51% | STY | 3 | Habitat apt for today's puzzle |
| 46% | SSORCAYREVE | 11 | Start of instructions for solving this puzzle |
| 46% | IFACLUE | 7 | Advice for solving this puzzle, part 1 |
| 45% | DROPYOURWEAPONS | 15 | Instruction for solving six clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | REVERSEEACH | 11 | With 66-Across, hint for solving this puzzle |
| 44% | REMOVETHE | 9 | Part 1 of an instruction for solving this puzzle |
| 43% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where you may go after reaching an impasse … or a hint for solving this puzzle's 12 starred clues |
| 43% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Series of puzzles for group solving |
| 42% | APIN | 4 | "Put ___ in it," advice for solving four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | HINT | 4 | Little nudge for someone trying to solve a puzzle |
| 40% | CIRCULARREASONING | 17 | Why was this chosen as today’s puzzle? Because it’s great! What makes it great? I mean, it was chosen for publication! |
| 40% | XER | 3 | Today's thirtysomething, for short |
| 40% | GENZ | 4 | Today's collegians, for short |
| 39% | RETRO | 5 | Today's cargo pants, for instance |
| 39% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | EDGES | 5 | Good starting places for solving a jigsaw puzzle |
| 36% | YOU | 3 | Who's solving this puzzle |
| 36% | GIFTIDEA | 8 | Marketer's suggestion for the holidays |
| 36% | PENCILPOINT | 11 | Useful tip for puzzle-solving? |
| 36% | IDEA | 4 | Suggestion for action |
| 36% | HINT | 4 | What someone who's puzzled might ask for |
| 35% | AUCTION | 7 | Setting for this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | SALON | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | TEEN | 4 | This puzzle's constructor, for one |
| 35% | THEFABFOUR | 10 | Nickname for this puzzle's subjects |
| 35% | CASINOGAME | 10 | Venue for this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | ACROSS | 6 | Down's opposite for puzzle clues |
| 35% | TECH | 4 | Field for this puzzle's theme |