| 100% | REBUS | 5 | Type of puzzle with a combination of image and letter clues |
| 56% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 46% | PTSD | 4 | Condition sometimes treated with a combination of therapy and LSD |
| 45% | ALE | 3 | Type of beer with a bitter flavor and higher alcoholic content |
| 44% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 44% | PASSWORD | 8 | A secret combination of letters and numbers |
| 44% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 43% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 43% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | FLUSHING | 8 | Type of toilet with water and a button or handle |
| 43% | MAGNOLIA | 8 | Type of flower and a 1990s film with ensemble cast |
| 43% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 42% | JIGSAW | 6 | Saw villain who shares a name with a type of puzzle |
| 40% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 40% | SMOG | 4 | Type of air pollution that is a combination of smoke and fog |
| 40% | VOWEL | 5 | Type of letter that alternates with consonants in this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | EPO | 3 | Type of health plan with a local network of drs. and hosps. |
| 40% | VANITY | 6 | Type of table found in a dressing room with mirror and lights |
| 40% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 40% | MISSINGLINKS | 12 | Evolutionary mysteries, and a feature of three clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | BLUEORIGIN | 10 | Company with a July 2021 launch ... and a feature of the starred clues' answers? |
| 39% | BED | 3 | With 66-Across, cover of sorts, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | SMOG | 4 | A combination of smoke and fog |
| 39% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 71-Across and each answer to a starred clue, all of it |
| 38% | BDAY | 4 | Type of party with a cake, familiarly |
| 38% | SABER | 5 | Type of sword with a curved blade |
| 38% | ROSE | 4 | Type of wine with a pink color |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | Type of beer with a fruity taste |