| 100% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 59% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 58% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 52% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 51% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 50% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 50% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 49% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 48% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 48% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 46% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 46% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 44% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 44% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 44% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | CANADIANPROVINCE | 16 | What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for |
| 43% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 43% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 42% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 42% | SHADESOFPINK | 12 | What seven key words in this puzzle are |
| 42% | PRIMETIMEEMMY | 13 | What each of the programs in this puzzle has won at least once |