| 100% | FOLLICLE | 8 | The shape of this hair source determines curliness |
| 40% | LETTERH | 7 | Approximate shape of the white squares in this grid |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 39% | DOLLAR | 6 | Source of all the tender words in this puzzle? |
| 39% | MACBETH | 7 | Source of the line "Something wicked this way comes" |
| 38% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | STURGEON | 8 | This fish is one of the main sources of caviar |
| 36% | DROP | 4 | The shape of water? |
| 36% | GEODESISTS | 10 | Experts in determining the exact shape and size of the earth |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | The shape of the rainbow |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | The shape of a rainbow |
| 36% | COME | 4 | The shape of things to ___ |
| 35% | DIAMOND | 7 | The shape of a baseball field |
| 35% | OVAL | 4 | The shape of cricket in London? |
| 35% | OVAL | 4 | The shape of an egg, almost |
| 35% | OCTAGON | 7 | The shape of most stop signs |
| 35% | OVAL | 4 | The shape of cricket in London |
| 35% | SEMI | 4 | The shape of a protractor, __-circle |
| 35% | ARC | 3 | Shape of this answer's third letter |
| 35% | CUBIC | 5 | Having the shape of dice |
| 34% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Source of all the quotes in this puzzle |
| 34% | RECTANGLE | 9 | The shape of the faces of most boxes |
| 34% | HAMMER | 6 | The shape of Thor's weapon of choice |
| 34% | ARTICHOKE | 9 | Eat the hearts of this thistle-shaped vegetable |
| 34% | RECTANGLE | 9 | The shape of most phones or chocolate bars |
| 34% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 34% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 34% | OVOID | 5 | Resembling the shape of an egg |
| 34% | RAVIOLI | 7 | Pasta in the shape of envelopes |
| 34% | ARC | 3 | Having the shape of a rainbow |