| 100% | PIECESOFOO | 10 | Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) |
| 35% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | INFANT | 6 | One delivered by the labor specialist spelled out in the circled letters that touch six dividing black squares in this puzzle |
| 33% | HISSSOUND | 9 | Leaky tire noise found in five puzzle answers including this one |
| 33% | DOLLARSANDCENTS | 15 | Money ... or a hint to how six crossings in this puzzle are to be represented, superimposing one letter over another |
| 31% | LANES | 5 | Divisions represented by the highlighted answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | APLUS | 5 | Superlative grade earned by six answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | LITTLEKID | 9 | Child represented in six squares in this puzzle (in either of two different ways) |
| 28% | CODES | 5 | Postal ___ (what the two-letter answers in this puzzle are) |
| 28% | CHECKMATE | 9 | One ending for a classic board game - another of which (when a player resigns) is represented visually six times in this puzzle |
| 28% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 27% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 27% | THREE | 5 | The number of letters in this answer minus two |
| 27% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 27% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 27% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 27% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 27% | NEWENGLANDSTATE | 15 | One of six found in this puzzle |
| 27% | SHARK{FIN} | 10 | One of six sighted in this puzzle |
| 27% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 26% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 26% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 26% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 26% | UNDER | 5 | One of two engineering features depicted in this puzzle |
| 26% | TEAMBUILDING | 12 | Goal for six answers in this puzzle? |
| 26% | NONSENSEWORD | 12 | 10 answers in this puzzle have one |
| 26% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |