| 100% | TYPOS | 5 | What the editers missd in this clue |
| 59% | DOWN | 4 | What the "d" in this crossword clue number means |
| 56% | SLANT | 5 | What the letters in this clue do |
| 53% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 52% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 51% | AGREE | 5 | What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn't do |
| 50% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 49% | TEAR | 4 | What the apostrophe represents in this emoticon :'-( |
| 49% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 49% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 49% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 49% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 49% | SCALE | 5 | What the shaded letters in this grid depict |
| 48% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 48% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 48% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 48% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 48% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 48% | WATERFALLS | 10 | What the circles in this puzzle hold |
| 47% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 47% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like words this clue the in? |
| 47% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 47% | SUIT | 4 | What the 13 circled things in this puzzle constitute |
| 46% | TEN | 3 | The number of syllables in this clue |
| 46% | ALLCAPS | 7 | WHAT THIS CLUE IS IN |
| 46% | BOLD | 4 | What this clue is in |
| 46% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 46% | WIRETAP | 7 | What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do |
| 46% | KNIGHTHOOD | 10 | What the eight male musicians in this puzzle all achieved |
| 46% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |