| 100% | ACROSTIC | 8 | The first letter of each line spells a word |
| 84% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Poem where first letter of each line spells a word |
| 54% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed by the first letters of a series of words |
| 53% | FLIPFLOPPING | 12 | Switching positions, and a phrase spelled by the first letters of 12 words that have switched positions |
| 50% | SALADATEA | 9 | Drink brand whose first five letters spell the name of a food |
| 49% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 49% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | MONTHS | 6 | Combining the first letters of five consecutive ones spells JASON |
| 48% | QUEUE | 5 | Waiting line at the DMV... or a word that sounds like the first letter of 25a |
| 48% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 47% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 46% | PSI | 3 | First letter in the Greek spelling of "Psyche" |
| 46% | INCIPIT | 7 | The first few identifying words of a written text |
| 45% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 45% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a letter |
| 45% | ONCE | 4 | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time |
| 45% | FRONTROW | 8 | The first line of seats at a stadium or theater |
| 45% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a business letter |
| 45% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a letter, often |
| 45% | DEAR | 4 | First word of many a letter |
| 45% | ABRA | 4 | First word of a magic spell |
| 44% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 44% | JASON | 5 | Name spelled by the first letters of consecutive calendar months |
| 44% | DEAR | 4 | Common first word of a letter |
| 43% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 43% | TSE | 3 | First Cyrillic letter of the word tsar |
| 43% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 43% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Poem where the 1st letters in each line form words |
| 43% | POT | 3 | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| 43% | SPELLING | 8 | The agreed sequence of letters in a word |