| 100% | PIANO | 5 | Where Rick hid the letters of transit |
| 47% | SHIP | 4 | "___ of Theseus," novel by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst where the story includes notes in the margins and hidden letters |
| 44% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 41% | BACKCHANNEL | 11 | Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters? |
| 40% | LUX | 3 | Letters hidden at the start of "luxury" or "Luxembourg" |
| 39% | ATOZ | 4 | All the letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | ABC | 3 | Letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | EPISTLES | 8 | Letters of the Apostles |
| 39% | ESQ | 3 | Letters of the law? |
| 38% | WRIT | 4 | Letter of the law? |
| 38% | BETWEENTHELINES | 15 | Where hidden meanings are found, and where both sets of four horizontal black squares in the puzzle are |
| 38% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Word made from the letters of another |
| 37% | ATOZ | 4 | All the letters of the alphabet (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Word formed by rearranging the letters of another |
| 37% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Rick Perry is the governor |
| 37% | PANGRAM | 7 | Sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet |
| 37% | COLORS | 6 | What the letters of "Roy G. Biv" stand for |
| 37% | TRAININGSEMINAR | 15 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of MASTERING |
| 37% | TREASUREHUNTER | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of UNEARTHS |
| 37% | ELATE | 5 | Synonym found after deleting half the letters of EXHILARATE |
| 37% | COLORS | 6 | What the letters of ROY G. BIV stand for |
| 37% | AGRA | 4 | City where many copies of Dainik Jagran are circulated (and a city hidden in the newspaper's name) |
| 36% | ABC | 3 | Starting letters of the alphabet |
| 36% | ABC | 3 | First letters of the alphabet |
| 36% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet |
| 36% | DEE | 3 | Fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 36% | ELL | 3 | 12th letter of the alphabet |
| 36% | ESS | 3 | Nineteenth letter of the alphabet |
| 36% | CREAMCHEESE | 11 | Bagel topping spelled using only the letters of 89-Down |
| 36% | DADBLASTED | 10 | No-good, spelled using only the letters of 71-Down |