| 100% | SLINGSHOT | 9 | What some of the black squares in the grid might represent |
| 58% | SCALES | 6 | What some black squares in this grid represent |
| 56% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 54% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 53% | STARTSTOSNORE | 13 | What spouse does, step 4 [hint: look at the black squares of the grid] |
| 52% | TWODASHES | 9 | Octet of black squares in the middle of this grid, typographically |
| 51% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 51% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 51% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 49% | SOMETHINGSFISHY | 15 | "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] |
| 47% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | FORMATION | 9 | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | LETTERH | 7 | Approximate shape of the white squares in this grid |
| 46% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 46% | YIN | 3 | What the black represents in the taijitu symbol |
| 46% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 45% | HUG | 3 | What any of the O's in "XOXOXO" represent |
| 45% | PIZZATOPPING | 12 | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper … or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| 45% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 45% | SLASHMARK | 9 | Nonet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 45% | COMMA | 5 | Lower pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 45% | APOSTROPHE | 10 | Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 45% | CAPITALELL | 10 | Higher septet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 45% | SEVEN | 5 | Lower septet of black squares in this grid, typographically |
| 44% | EYES | 4 | What some teachers claim to have in the backs of their heads |
| 44% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 44% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | DISUNION | 8 | State of division, and what the first letters of the states divided across black squares in this puzzle spell out |
| 43% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 43% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |