| 100% | ONES | 4 | There are 13 in this puzzle's unsolved grid |
| 56% | CLUES | 5 | There are 10 in this puzzle |
| 51% | TENS | 4 | There are 16 used in this puzzle's card game |
| 49% | CANDYCANES | 10 | Four things represented visually in this puzzle's grid |
| 49% | NORDICCROSS | 11 | Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle's grid |
| 48% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Result of not following through (of which there are four examples in this puzzle's grid) |
| 47% | VOWEL | 5 | Every other letter in this puzzle's grid(!) |
| 47% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | SWISSROLL | 9 | Sweet treat depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 46% | GOOGOOEYES | 10 | Adoring looks seen 10 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | DIAMOND | 7 | What pressure + coal = 4 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | BAKER | 5 | There are 13 in his dozen |
| 46% | WAGONOFHEAVEN | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Babylonian folklore |
| 46% | SEVENO*EN | 9 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Roman folklore |
| 46% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | DRINKINGGOURD | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in African American folklore |
| 45% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | ONIONDOME | 9 | Prominent feature of 5-/17-Across depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | CRYPTOGRAM | 10 | Sort of encoded message found in this puzzle's grid [SEE NOTE] |
| 45% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |
| 45% | SKILIFTS | 8 | Peak picker-uppers, as depicted three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | AWE | 3 | Wonder ... which is featured seven times in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | TREES | 5 | There are six hidden in this puzzle in appropriate places |
| 45% | TRICKS | 6 | There are 13 in a hand of bridge |
| 45% | FILE | 4 | What this puzzle's data is kept in |
| 44% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 32-Down, person associated with the scene depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 44% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 44% | DOUBLED*PPERS | 13 | Ones committing a party foul ... or the images depicted in this puzzle's grid? |