| 100% | FRUIT | 5 | What's found hidden between words in "deli meat," "little monster" and "radio range" |
| 37% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | What's found on some canapés (and hiding in the answers to 20-, 31-, 38- and 49-Across?) |
| 34% | BEERINGREDIENTS | 15 | What's found hidden inside 16-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 34% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 32% | COMES | 5 | What's between here and the sun, in song? |
| 32% | LIEU | 4 | Word usually found between "in" and "of" |
| 32% | ART | 3 | What a creative person might make, and a word hidden in 17a, 30a, 43a, 11d, 29d, 39d |
| 31% | BOO | 3 | What Mike and Sulley call the little girl in "Monsters, Inc." |
| 31% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
| 31% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 30% | VOWEL | 5 | What's found alternating in every answer in this grid ... and every clue except this one |
| 30% | LITTLEBOPEEP | 12 | One who lost what's hidden in 19-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 30% | SECRETADMIRER | 13 | Unidentified sender of what's hidden in 20-, 36-, and 42-Across |
| 30% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 30% | RISEANDFALL | 11 | Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 30% | WIT | 3 | Wisdom's partner, and a word you'll find hidden in "witch" |
| 29% | HAND | 4 | What's used in a high five ... and a word used with 38a to signify 50a |
| 29% | LIEU | 4 | Word between in and of |
| 29% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 29% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 29% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 29% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 29% | CATSUP | 6 | Hunt's offering, and what you'll find in the starred answers |
| 29% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 29% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 29% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 29% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| 29% | HANDS | 5 | Word hidden in "Royal flush and straight" |
| 29% | LED | 3 | Word aptly found in "controlled" and "marshaled" |