| 100% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 52% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 39% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 38% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 36% | COLUMN | 6 | This answer is in the third one of this puzzle |
| 36% | MAYONNAISE | 10 | Fritessaus, which the Dutch eat with fries, is a slimmed down version of this dressing |
| 36% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 36% | BLACK | 5 | With 5-Down, a piano has 36 of these |
| 35% | ROAD | 4 | The Beatles had a long one of these on their last number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | Number of words beginning with the letter "f" in this puzzle |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 35% | AFRO | 4 | The world's largest one has a circumference of 4' 4" |
| 34% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Bible that starts with a silent letter |
| 34% | HURRICANES | 10 | NHL team with a one-eyed logo (in this case, the "eye" is the center of a tropical storm) |
| 34% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 34% | ESS | 3 | Letter of the alphabet with a double curve |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 34% | SESS | 4 | It often starts with the striking of a gavel, for short |
| 34% | STUPA | 5 | The Great Dagon Pagoda has a gilded one of these that rises to a height of 368 ft. |
| 34% | WAGONEER | 8 | Jeep vehicle that starts with the name of a kid's vehicle |
| 34% | VANHALEN | 8 | "Jump" rock band whose backstage requests have included a bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SOFTC | 5 | The third letter of 13-Down (but not the second) |
| 34% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 34% | GAB | 3 | Having a gift of this allows one to speak well |
| 33% | CHAMBERS | 8 | The heart has 4 of these |
| 33% | HORN | 4 | A unicorn has one of these |
| 33% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 33% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 33% | EPSILON | 7 | Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, starts with E |