| 100% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 75% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 70% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 70% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 62% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 61% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 59% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 59% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 56% | SCALES | 6 | What some black squares in this grid represent |
| 56% | MONTH | 5 | Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 55% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 55% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 55% | JUMPSUITS | 9 | Garments similar to rompers … with a hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | COOKIECUTTERS | 13 | Slicing tools in a bakery ... or what several black squares in this puzzle represent |
| 54% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 52% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 52% | GREEKCROSS | 10 | Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups of shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 51% | THEE | 4 | Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 50% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 50% | THIRTEENOLONIES | 15 | What this puzzle's special squares represent |
| 49% | BEETHOVENSONATA | 15 | What each number in this puzzle refers to |
| 49% | ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE | 15 | Acknowledgement of success--four are hidden in this puzzle, each adjacent to a black square |
| 49% | PIZZATOPPING | 12 | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper … or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| 48% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 48% | BOROUGH | 7 | What each step in this puzzle lacks, in proper order |
| 48% | PUTONTHESPOT | 12 | Pressured, or what five squares in this puzzle do |
| 48% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 47% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 47% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 47% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |