| 100% | GRAMMAR | 7 | The problem with these clue? |
| 76% | TYPO | 4 | The problem wiht this clue |
| 63% | ONCEISNOTENOUGH | 15 | Jacqueline Susann novel, and the problem with some of the answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | END | 3 | What this clue is, with "the" |
| 57% | START | 5 | All the clues in this puzzle do this with 36-Across |
| 57% | HAIKU | 5 | Bit of poetry with the same syllable count as this very clue |
| 56% | BENTOUT | 7 | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| 56% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 55% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 55% | YOU | 3 | The one reading this clue |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | The number of this clue |
| 54% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | APU | 3 | The Problem With ___ (documentary starring the comedian Hari Kondabolu) |
| 53% | SHADOW | 6 | Peter Pan has problems with this escaping |
| 53% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | LIE | 3 | "This clue's answer begins with the letter W," for example |
| 52% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 52% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 52% | CHATGPT | 7 | It wrote this clue: "Virtual assistant with the gift of gab (4, 3). Let me know if you'd like any tweaks!" |
| 51% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 51% | SEESA | 5 | "He ___ problem with this idea" (finds fault): 2 wds. |
| 51% | INEEDSOMEADVICE | 15 | "Help me with this problem" |
| 51% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 50% | LAST | 4 | This clue, among all of the Down clues |
| 50% | BADLUCKSYMBOL | 13 | This clue's 110-Across, to the superstitious |
| 50% | DIVERSGOAL | 10 | This clue's 110-Across, at the Olympics |
| 50% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue, among the Downs |
| 50% | DEADLAST | 8 | Like this clue among the Acrosses |
| 50% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like words this clue the in? |
| 49% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue among all the Acrosses |