| 100% | THEGRINCH | 9 | Thief who stole the missing letters from this puzzle's theme answers |
| 51% | SNOWMEN | 7 | Winter figures, made from the "bonus" letters in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 47% | CON | 3 | Prisoner who's escaped from this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | SMOKEYBEAR | 10 | Character who's wary of the starts to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 40% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 40% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 38% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 38% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | NEITHERRHYMENORREASON | 21 | What a theme answer from this puzzle would have if it included the word "month"? |
| 37% | ROCKSET | 7 | Description of this puzzle's theme answers, sounding like "The Look" singers? |
| 37% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 36% | PUN | 3 | Any of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 35% | GRETAGARBO | 10 | Actress who's the inspiration for this puzzle's theme? |
| 35% | CHEMICALBONDING | 15 | Attraction suggested by this puzzle's theme answers |
| 35% | THERESNOIINTEAM | 15 | Axiom contradicted by this puzzle's theme answers |
| 35% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 34% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 34% | CLOCK | 5 | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 34% | ABRIDGED | 8 | Shortened, and the letters missing from the starred answers |
| 34% | MAGI | 4 | Wise guys featured in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 34% | BYGONES | 7 | Apt word spelled from this puzzle's "covered" letters, top to bottom |
| 34% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 33% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 33% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 33% | AEIOUY | 6 | Sextet featured in order in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 33% | TAKEASTEEPN | 11 | Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
| 33% | AROUNDTHE | 9 | With 56-Down, where to find this puzzle's 12 theme answers |
| 33% | LOSTINTHESHUFFLE | 16 | Like this puzzle's circled letters vis-à-vis their Across answers |