| 100% | STEREOTYPES | 11 | What the four women represent in Nina Simone’s “Four Women” |
| 50% | HUGS | 4 | What the O's represent in "XOXOXO" |
| 49% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 44% | BOY | 3 | What the color blue represents in a maternity ward |
| 43% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 43% | SYSTOLICD | 9 | What the first number represents in a certain diagnostic test |
| 43% | NUT | 3 | What's ''cracked'' in each of the four star-paired answers |
| 42% | TEAR | 4 | What the apostrophe in :'( represents |
| 42% | WIRETAP | 7 | What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do |
| 42% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents in the comics |
| 42% | URUR | 4 | What the four longest answers have in common |
| 42% | HAHA | 4 | What the four longest answers have in common |
| 42% | CCCC | 4 | What the four longest answers have in common |
| 41% | HUG | 3 | What any of the O's in "XOXOXO" represent |
| 41% | ATOM | 4 | What the woman is holding in the Emmy statuette |
| 41% | SMILE | 5 | What the parenthesis represents in :-) |
| 41% | ATOM | 4 | What the winged woman is holding in the Emmy statuette |
| 41% | ASHOE | 5 | What the old woman of nursery rhyme fame lived in |
| 41% | BROTH | 5 | What the Old Woman in a Shoe fed her kids |
| 41% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents, in the comics |
| 41% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 40% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 40% | EXTREME | 7 | What the "X" in "X Games" represents |
| 40% | NOSE | 4 | What the hyphen in an emoticon represents |
| 40% | TEAR | 4 | What the apostrophe represents in this emoticon :'-( |
| 40% | JENNIFER | 8 | What the J in J.Lo represents |
| 40% | MILES | 5 | What the "500" in "Indy 500" represents |
| 40% | AGE | 3 | What the "17" in "NC-17" represents |
| 40% | SEX | 3 | What the women in Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” withhold |