| 100% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 34% | DROPTROU | 8 | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| 33% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 33% | GOUNDERCOVER | 12 | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 33% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 33% | SHIRT | 5 | What you might lose in a high-stakes poker game (figuratively) or a strip-poker game (literally) |
| 32% | OWIE | 4 | What a child might call a cut or scrape |
| 32% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 31% | FISHHEAD | 8 | Ingredient in some Asian soup, or, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| 31% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 31% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 30% | UTTERLYCLUELESS | 15 | Lost, like three answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively |
| 30% | FALLINGO | 8 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 30% | BEETHOVENSONATA | 15 | What each number in this puzzle refers to |
| 30% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 29% | ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE | 15 | Acknowledgement of success--four are hidden in this puzzle, each adjacent to a black square |
| 29% | QUICKTURNAROUND | 15 | What a tight deadline might require … or what's found in 30-Across? |
| 29% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 29% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 29% | REDEFINED | 9 | Like nine words in this puzzle, or what their first letters spell out |
| 29% | WORKLIFEBALANCE | 15 | Challenge in a demanding job ... or a feature of this puzzle? |
| 29% | BOROUGH | 7 | What each step in this puzzle lacks, in proper order |
| 29% | WHYYOULITTLE | 12 | What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme? |
| 29% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | What you might do after some financial trading ... or in this puzzle? |
| 29% | XBOX | 4 | Gaming console, or what you can find literally depicted in this puzzle |
| 29% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 29% | TWOFIRSTNAMES | 13 | What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess |
| 29% | LWORD | 5 | What might be "love" or "lesbian" in a TV show title |
| 28% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |