| 100% | OWO | 3 | Surprised emoticon hidden in four of this puzzle's answers |
| 59% | DOUBLENEGATIVE | 14 | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle’s clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |
| 56% | LONG | 4 | Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers |
| 53% | IOERROR | 7 | Computer glitch responsible for four of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 51% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 51% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 50% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 50% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 49% | IOO | 3 | Arabic equivalent of C hidden in this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 49% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 49% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 47% | MEMO | 4 | Office note hidden in four of the Across answers |
| 47% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 46% | SPOTIFY | 7 | With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle's long answers? |
| 46% | YEN | 3 | Urge hidden in this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| 46% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 46% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 46% | DND | 3 | Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 45% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 45% | SUN | 3 | Space heater, or what's hiding in 2 of this puzzle's squares |
| 45% | SOS | 3 | Call for assistance hidden in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 45% | GREEKLETTERS | 12 | Contents of four answers found in this puzzle |
| 45% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 45% | FIREWALL | 8 | Network-security option . . . or what’s creating a barrier within four of this puzzle’s answers |
| 44% | UTTERNONSENSE | 13 | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| 44% | SPOTREMOVER | 11 | Product used on four of this puzzle's clues |
| 44% | DNA | 3 | Building block of life, and what's hidden in this puzzle's 4 longest answers |
| 44% | ROLLINGBLACKOUT | 15 | Temporary, controlled power shutdown … or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |