| 100% | MAKEUPTEST | 10 | What you have passed when you figure out this puzzle’s theme? |
| 57% | AHA | 3 | What you might say when you figure out this answer |
| 54% | UNDIVIDEDATTENTION | 18 | What you are giving when you contemplate this puzzle’s theme? |
| 52% | GETTHEMEMO | 10 | What you do when you discover this puzzle’s theme? |
| 49% | TORAH | 5 | Sacred text ... or your reaction upon figuring out this puzzle's theme? |
| 47% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | ASTEROID | 8 | What had a major impact on this puzzle's theme? |
| 46% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 42% | GONEFISHING | 11 | Classic out-of-office sign ... or what this puzzle's author has done? |
| 42% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 42% | PESTO | 5 | What you get when you blend the results of this puzzle's recipe instructions |
| 41% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |
| 40% | COINS | 5 | What you earn when you solve this puzzle |
| 40% | AHAMOMENT | 9 | What you may have while solving this puzzle? |
| 40% | CUTSCORNERS | 11 | What this puzzle's theme does? |
| 40% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Do-or-die moment, or what you must do to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 40% | ODD | 3 | What this puzzle's theme isn't |
| 39% | UTTERNONSENSE | 13 | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| 39% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 39% | GET | 3 | "Did you ___ this puzzle's theme?" |
| 39% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 39% | PJS | 3 | What's worn when you're out? |
| 38% | ATNO | 4 | What "This" refers to, in this puzzle's theme: Abbr. |
| 38% | WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU | 19 | What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | AFFORD | 6 | Handle the expense, and, when parsed correctly, this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | TAKEASTEEPN | 11 | Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
| 38% | FAMILYTIES | 10 | Kinship, and what holds this puzzle's theme together |
| 38% | CONNECTTHEDOTS | 14 | With 15-Down, what to do to reveal this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | TODAY | 5 | When you're doing this puzzle |
| 37% | TODAY | 5 | When you're solving this puzzle |