| 100% | CRYSTAL | 7 | The __ Maze; puzzle-solving TV gameshow |
| 53% | YOU | 3 | The person solving this puzzle |
| 50% | LABYRINTH | 9 | Maze-like puzzle; home of the mythical minotaur |
| 47% | DVDRECORDER | 11 | TV hookup option ... or what you are by solving this puzzle? |
| 47% | ESCAPES | 7 | Solves the final puzzle in a puzzle room, perhaps |
| 47% | DROPABEAT | 9 | Trick to solving the shaded answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 46% | ASTHEWORLDTURNS | 15 | TV soap for 54 years ... and a hint to the puzzle circles |
| 46% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Locked place where people solve puzzles to find the key |
| 45% | SAJAK | 5 | He's often told "I'd like to solve the puzzle" |
| 45% | RED | 3 | "Rudolph the ___-Nosed Reindeer..." (sing-along as you solve this puzzle!) |
| 44% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 43% | ITSDISCONNECTED | 15 | "Check the plug!" (and a hint to solving four rows in this puzzle) |
| 43% | MONDAY | 6 | Yesterday, if you're solving this puzzle on the day it came out |
| 42% | PICTUREIT | 9 | Tip to solving this puzzle (with the key parts to be said out loud) |
| 42% | MACGYVER | 8 | Problem-solving TV hero of the ’80s/’90s |
| 41% | ENIGMA | 6 | Puzzle solved in game |
| 40% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 40% | MAZES | 5 | Puzzles solved with a pencil |
| 40% | PAT | 3 | TV show host Sajak who may say the phrase found in the starred clues of this puzzle before 4d |
| 40% | SNL | 3 | TV show since 10/11/75, eight of whose former stars appear in the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | HEEEEERESJOHNNY | 15 | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 39% | BLACKCOMEDY | 11 | Morbid humor ... or a hint to how the thematic clues in this puzzle reimagine representation on TV? |
| 39% | OFFORTUNE | 9 | "Wheel ___," TV game show in which contestants solve word puzzles after spinning a giant wheel: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JIGSAW | 6 | Puzzle solved without pen or pencil |
| 39% | ASHOWABOUTNOTHING | 17 | Description of the TV series spelled out in the circled squares (as well as this puzzle's theme) |
| 39% | TRADINGSPACES | 13 | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| 38% | PERSEVERING | 11 | Key to puzzle solving, often |
| 38% | PUT2AND2TOGETHER | 16 | Solve this puzzle |
| 38% | BOOB | 4 | TV, the ___ tube |