| 100% | REBUS | 5 | Type of puzzle consisting of pictures representing syllables and words |
| 40% | REBUS | 5 | Type of puzzle with a combination of image and letter clues |
| 39% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Type of word puzzle |
| 39% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 37% | REBUS | 5 | Word and picture puzzle |
| 37% | JIGSAW | 6 | ___ puzzle, type of puzzle where pieces are interlocked to form a picture |
| 36% | MELON | 5 | Word that follows "water" and "musk" in types of fruit |
| 35% | OUIJA | 5 | Type of board that includes the words "YES," "NO," and "GOOD BYE" |
| 34% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 33% | WESTPOINT | 9 | School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 33% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words ... and a hint to four side-by-side pairs of puzzle answers |
| 33% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Type of puzzle |
| 33% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 33% | CLAMBERS | 8 | Ascends awkwardly, and an anagram of this puzzle's circled word |
| 33% | SPIRAL | 6 | Type of galaxy consisting of a flat, rotating disk |
| 32% | SUB | 3 | Type of vessel that went missing in June 2023 ... and is missing in five answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | JIGSAW | 6 | Type of puzzle; Saw franchise villain |
| 31% | NOUN | 4 | Type of word |
| 31% | VERB | 4 | Type of word |
| 31% | ADVERB | 6 | Type of word |
| 31% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | JIGSAW | 6 | Type of puzzle first created by John Spilsbury |
| 31% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 31% | PHRASAL | 7 | Consisting of multiple words |
| 31% | MIXED | 5 | Consisting of many types |
| 30% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 30% | SPIRAL | 6 | Type of galaxy consisting in a flat, rotating disk |
| 30% | GNOMOLOGY | 9 | Study of poetry consisting of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims |
| 30% | ADHOC | 5 | Type of committee (2 words) |
| 30% | DRYICE | 6 | Type of refrigerant (2 words) |