| 100% | SUB | 3 | Type of vessel that went missing in June 2023 ... and is missing in five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 43% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | SPILLEDMILK | 11 | Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? |
| 41% | CLOCK | 5 | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 41% | VOWEL | 5 | Type of letter that alternates with consonants in this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 40% | REPRISES | 8 | Repeated musical passages, and what happens in five answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ALPS | 4 | High points of which five are found going up in this puzzle |
| 39% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | TEEDOFF | 7 | Steamed ... and like five answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | FLIPONESLID | 11 | Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 38% | FALLINGO | 8 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 37% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 37% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 37% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 37% | WATERCOLORS | 11 | Some Winslow Homer art ... or what five answers in this puzzle are? |
| 37% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 37% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 37% | ADS | 3 | Features of some Netflix plans starting in November 2022 ... and what's been inserted into this puzzle's theme answers |