| 100% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 74% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 74% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 71% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 70% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 65% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | TURNINGPOINTS | 13 | Decisive moments, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 64% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 61% | AINTTHATTHEPITS | 15 | "Man, what a bummer!"...and a hint to four of this puzzle's blocks |
| 60% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 57% | CENTERSTAGE | 11 | Limelight site, and a hint to the positions of this puzzle's circled names |
| 57% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | FUELUP | 6 | Go from empty to full, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 57% | INTHEHOLE | 9 | Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers |
| 57% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | BLOCK | 5 | Beachgoer's protection, and a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 56% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Some covert assignments, and a hint to four spots in this puzzle |
| 56% | SLEEPERCELL | 11 | Operatives living in secret, and a hint to four squares in this grid |
| 56% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 56% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words ... and a hint to four side-by-side pairs of puzzle answers |
| 56% | PH/FONETICALLY | 14 | Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 55% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 55% | CORNERBARS | 10 | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| 55% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |