| 100% | SANTA | 5 | With 2-Down, holiday visitor whose journey is sprinkled throughout this week's puzzles |
| 37% | GET | 3 | With 90 Down, James Brown biopic whose title could be a title for this puzzle |
| 34% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 28% | KINGS | 5 | With 101-Across, where this puzzle's enclosed answer is located |
| 28% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Canadian singer and teen sensation whose journey is often compared to Paul Anka's (birthday today): 2 wds. |
| 28% | THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER | 21 | This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| 28% | REGISTRAR | 9 | Anagram of whose puzzle this is (including the apostrophe "s") |
| 28% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 28% | HAPPY | 5 | With 3-Down, message to all from this week's visitor |
| 28% | INVISIBLEINK | 12 | What six of this puzzle's clues have been written with? |
| 28% | SOUTH | 5 | With 2-Down, country where Netflix's "Squid Game" is set |
| 27% | SIXFEET | 7 | With 38-Across, Emmy-winning HBO drama whose name suggests this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | NCAAWOMENS | 10 | With 40-Across, sport whose annual tournament was won this past Tuesday by the University of Connecticut, for the tenth time: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 27% | ELCID | 5 | Spanish hero whose 113-Down is represented enigmatically six times in this puzzle |
| 27% | STELMOSFIRE | 11 | Weather phenomenon whose double lights were said to represent this puzzle's subjects |
| 27% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group whose motto is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | FAMILYMATTERS | 13 | TV series whose title is this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | BAT | 3 | With 41-Down, this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 25-Down, this puzzle's honoree |
| 26% | ROAN | 4 | Horse whose coat is sprinkled with white hairs |
| 26% | GOINGIN | 7 | With 43-Across, what this puzzle is doing |
| 26% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 26% | GREAT | 5 | Word whose letters are used to spell this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 26% | TAROT | 5 | With 29-Down, source of this puzzle's theme |
| 26% | ALBERT | 6 | With 39-Down, speaker of this puzzle's quote |
| 26% | HIP | 3 | Down with what the kids are into these days |
| 26% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 26% | THEONLYWAYTOGETRID | 18 | Start of a quote by this puzzle's honoree, whose 120th birthday is August 13, 2019 |