| 100% | FIVEPOINTEDSTAR | 15 | What can be drawn using the only V's, representing vertices, in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | DEERXING | 8 | Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 44% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |
| 44% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 43% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 42% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 42% | FORTYNINERS | 11 | Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues |
| 42% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 42% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 41% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 41% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 40% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 40% | MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE | 17 | Popular action film franchise ... or what trying to find the item in this puzzle can be described as |
| 39% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 39% | ABBR | 4 | Clue hint used four times in this puzzle (but can't be used here because it would give away the answer) |
| 39% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 39% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 39% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 38% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 38% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 38% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 38% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 38% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 38% | GEARSHIFTS | 10 | Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 38% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 38% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |