| 100% | SLANT | 5 | What the letters in this clue do |
| 87% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| 67% | ALLLOWERCASE | 12 | like the letters in this clue |
| 66% | LOWERCASE | 9 | like all the letters in this clue |
| 62% | AGREE | 5 | What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn't do |
| 59% | DOWN | 4 | What the "d" in this crossword clue number means |
| 58% | FORK | 4 | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| 58% | FOUR | 4 | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| 57% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 57% | WIRETAP | 7 | What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do |
| 57% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| 56% | ABRIDGED | 8 | Shortened, and what the letters removed from eight novels in this puzzle spell out |
| 56% | OUST | 4 | What the president did to Mick Mulvaney in March of this year |
| 56% | SCALE | 5 | What the shaded letters in this grid depict |
| 56% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 55% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 55% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 55% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 55% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 55% | TYPOS | 5 | What the editers missd in this clue |
| 55% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 55% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 54% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 54% | WENTSOFT | 8 | Grew sentimental, or what the vowels did in answers to the paired clues |
| 54% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 54% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 53% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 53% | DOTTED | 6 | Like three letters in this clue |
| 53% | CAPITAL | 7 | LIKE EVERY LETTER IN THIS CLUE |