| 100% | LETTERSONTHEKEYS | 16 | What's needed in order to escape this crossword |
| 47% | FREE | 4 | ___ association (what's needed to answer three clues in this puzzle) |
| 47% | ROPE | 4 | What a kid would need in order to play Double Dutch |
| 43% | HIRE | 4 | You need to do this in order to fire |
| 43% | NUMBER | 6 | Phone ___ (Digits you need in order to call someone?) |
| 42% | EARS | 4 | What Dumbo flapped in order to fly |
| 42% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel, and what's needed in solving this puzzle? |
| 41% | ATNO | 4 | What "This" refers to, in this puzzle's theme: Abbr. |
| 41% | QUALITYTIME | 11 | What people in relationships need together ... or this puzzle's title |
| 41% | RHYTHM | 6 | What drummers have in order to play in time |
| 40% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |
| 40% | CLUE | 4 | What leads you to an answer in a crossword |
| 39% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 39% | FISHORCUTBAIT | 13 | Line to the indecisive, and what you'll need to add in order to complete some lines in this puzzle |
| 39% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |
| 39% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 39% | FIRSTTWOLETTERS | 15 | What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense |
| 39% | BIRTHPLACES | 11 | What you might need to research to solve this contest crossword |
| 38% | ADBLOCKER | 9 | Browser extension needed in order to understand the answers to 17-, 24-, 31-, 44-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 38% | MAKEUPTEST | 10 | What this crossword is, in a way? |
| 38% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Brain trust, and what you need to add to solve 16 clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 38% | NAMETHEONE | 10 | Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 38% | YES | 3 | What all signs point to in this puzzle |
| 38% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | NEWGLASSES | 10 | What might be needed to clear up this puzzle? |
| 37% | END | 3 | Bring to an ___ (like this clue in the crossword) |
| 37% | KEY | 3 | What a thief doesn't need to break in |
| 37% | RANCH | 5 | In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings |