| 100% | ONEL | 4 | What every word in this grid has except the starred hints: 2 wds. |
| 36% | METWO | 5 | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| 34% | VOWEL | 5 | What's found alternating in every answer in this grid ... and every clue except this one |
| 34% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | What the two words in each starred answer have in common with each other |
| 34% | PIP | 3 | What every "O" in this grid represents |
| 33% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 33% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MERYLDAVIS | 10 | Olympic ice dancer who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ADAMRIPPON | 10 | Olympic figure skater who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JULIANNEHOUGH | 13 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who costars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SCALE | 5 | What the shaded letters in this grid depict |
| 31% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common |
| 30% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 30% | BILLNYE | 7 | TV "Science Guy" who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WARRENSAPP | 10 | Former NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KARINASMIRNOFF | 14 | "Dancing With the Stars" dancer who posed nude for Playboy in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NORWEGIANWOOD | 13 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(This Bird Has Flown)" in a 1965 Beatles song title: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ELLAENCHANTED | 13 | 52-Across plays a giantess in this 2004 romantic comedy starring Anne Hathaway: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MICHAELSAM | 10 | Former NFL draft pick who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANTONIOBROWN | 12 | Former Steelers wide receiver who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 30% | DONALDDRIVER | 12 | Super Bowl-winning Packers wide receiver who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TERRELLOWENS | 12 | Hall of Fame wide receiver who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 29% | METOO | 5 | "Ditto!" (and a hint to what's in the grid-spanning answers) |
| 29% | LIGHTSABER | 10 | Duels featuring this have appeared in every main Star Wars film installment |
| 29% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 29% | NEITHERRHYMENORREASON | 21 | What a theme answer from this puzzle would have if it included the word "month"? |
| 29% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |