| 100% | ROADS | 5 | There are four hidden in this puzzle, which together suggest a familiar five-word saying (3,5,4,2,4) |
| 40% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Result of not following through (of which there are four examples in this puzzle's grid) |
| 37% | TREES | 5 | There are six hidden in this puzzle in appropriate places |
| 36% | ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE | 15 | Acknowledgement of success--four are hidden in this puzzle, each adjacent to a black square |
| 35% | ADO | 3 | Word hidden four times in this puzzle |
| 34% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 34% | POTHOLES | 8 | Road hazards ... four of which are illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| 33% | GENDERFLUID | 11 | Having a variable identity, as suggested by four squares in this puzzle |
| 33% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Problem for a wordsmith, and a clue to five figures hidden in this puzzle |
| 33% | FOOD | 4 | ___ pyramid, four examples of which are seen in this puzzle |
| 32% | ALPS | 4 | High points of which five are found going up in this puzzle |
| 32% | ASSISTS | 7 | There are two in a 5-4-3 double play |
| 32% | THEMATRIX | 9 | There is no spoon says a bald boy in this movie |
| 31% | FLOSS | 5 | Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | WRAPAROUND | 10 | With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle |
| 31% | ALGORE | 6 | In his Webby Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech (which is limited to five words), he said "Please don't recount this vote" |
| 31% | TENS | 4 | There are 16 used in this puzzle's card game |
| 31% | TAN | 3 | With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle |
| 30% | EIFFELTOWER | 11 | Landmark inaugurated 3/31/1889 whose shape is suggested by nine squares in this puzzle's completed grid |
| 30% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(To Everything There Is a Season)" in a 1965 Byrds song title: 3 wds. |
| 30% | EAR | 3 | There is a drum in this organ |
| 30% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 30% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 29% | THURSDAY | 8 | Nostradamus said (in Century 1, Quatrain 50) there will be born a man from the 3 water signs who will celebrate this as his holiday |
| 29% | PASSWORD | 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 is a really bad one, apparently |
| 29% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 29% | QTS | 3 | There are four in a gal. |
| 29% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 29% | QTS | 3 | There are four in a gallon: Abbr. |
| 29% | FEET | 4 | There are 5,280 in a mile |