| 100% | FOURCORNERS | 11 | U.S. tourist locale that inspired this puzzle |
| 57% | RENTALCARRETURN | 15 | Airport sign that inspired this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | IRS | 3 | Org. that inspired this puzzle |
| 42% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror author whose 1986 novel inspired this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Locale suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 39% | MORSE | 5 | Inventor who inspired this puzzle |
| 39% | DRAGONSDEN | 10 | BBC show that inspired the U.S.'s "Shark Tank" |
| 39% | OAHU | 4 | U.S. locale that, when said quickly, sounds like a cheer |
| 39% | SALON | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | STAFF | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 38% | CENTRALPARK | 11 | Feature of Manhattan, and of this puzzle's answers that contain circles |
| 37% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal air that celebrates this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | Feature of this puzzle that's "fixed" by a literal reading of four squares |
| 36% | THEN/SOR/UTHE/WA/EST | 20 | Locale of this puzzle's attractions (really, all eight of them!) |
| 35% | THEUSOPEN | 9 | Annual sporting event that is this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 34% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 33% | TEN | 3 | Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies |
| 33% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 33% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 33% | MINI | 4 | Puzzle that celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer |
| 33% | EXTRAWIDE | 9 | Shoe spec that describes this puzzle? |
| 33% | CHESS | 5 | This puzzle's theme |
| 33% | GRADUATION | 10 | This puzzle's theme |
| 33% | SEVENDEADLYSINS | 15 | This puzzle's theme |
| 33% | FRACTUREDFRENCH | 15 | This puzzle's theme |
| 33% | ITZWORDS | 8 | This puzzle's theme |
| 33% | OLDCARS | 7 | This puzzle's theme |