| 100% | CAR | 3 | The driving force behind this puzzle? |
| 60% | HABSBURGDYNASTY | 15 | Driving force behind the Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| 43% | USO | 3 | ''Force Behind the Forces'' |
| 43% | USO | 3 | "Force Behind the Forces" |
| 42% | CLUING | 6 | Writing this part of the puzzle |
| 42% | USO | 3 | ''Force Behind the Forces'' org. |
| 42% | USO | 3 | "Force Behind the Forces" org. |
| 42% | USO | 3 | "Force Behind the Forces" grp. |
| 41% | WEST | 4 | This side of the puzzle |
| 41% | USO | 3 | "Force behind the forces" tour group (Abbr.) |
| 40% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 39% | USO | 3 | Grp. whose website says "be a force behind the forces" |
| 39% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| 39% | WORDSMITH | 9 | The person who made this puzzle, e.g. |
| 39% | FROGMARCH | 9 | Forced walk with arms pinned behind the back |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 38% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 38% | EYES | 4 | Keep these on the road while driving |
| 38% | YOU | 3 | The solver of this puzzle |
| 38% | YOU | 3 | The person solving this puzzle |
| 38% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 38% | TIMES | 5 | ___ Square, title for this puzzle given the only five letters it uses |
| 37% | LUGE | 4 | In this race, the runners are always behind |
| 37% | ENERGY | 6 | Conserve this force to survive the shopping season |
| 37% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle |
| 37% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this location in the puzzle |
| 37% | ALFAROMEO | 9 | Dustin Hoffman drives this brand in The Graduate |
| 37% | LASTLETTERS | 11 | Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues |
| 37% | POPES | 5 | 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these |
| 37% | MONDAY | 6 | Yesterday, if you're solving this puzzle on the day it came out |