| 100% | WATERSLIDES | 11 | Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 50% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | OOPSIDIDITAGAIN | 15 | Britney Spears classic ... or a confession applicable to three answers in this puzzle? |
| 49% | EMIGRATION | 10 | Exodus, or a literal feature of this puzzle's starred answers |
| 49% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 48% | BLOCK | 5 | Literal element of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | FALLINGO | 8 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | CHANGINGTABLES | 14 | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| 46% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | JOINEDATTHEHIP | 14 | Inseparable ... or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | ALLTIEDUP | 9 | Even … or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | THEOKCORRAL | 11 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? |
| 45% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 45% | WISEUPTO | 8 | Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid |
| 44% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | HAMONRYE | 8 | Common deli order ... or a literal occurrence five times in this puzzle |
| 44% | DIVIDEDBY | 9 | ÷ ... or a literal hint to interpreting eight squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | SPILLTHEB | 9 | Blab ... or a literal hint to completing five answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | DROPTROU | 8 | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| 43% | OKBYME | 6 | "I'm good with it," or a description of eight occurrences in this puzzle |
| 43% | FLOSS | 5 | Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | TNUT | 4 | Hardware fastener ... or a literal hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |