| 100% | TWENTYFIVE | 10 | With 26-Down, the place of today's puzzle among all New York Times crosswords |
| 45% | ERA | 3 | Most common answer in New York Times crosswords (more than 6% of all puzzles) |
| 40% | EASIEST | 7 | Like Monday crosswords, among all New York Times crosswords |
| 37% | APOLLO | 6 | New York theater on the National Register of Historic Places, with "the" |
| 36% | BLOG | 4 | The New York Times crossword's "Wordplay," for one |
| 36% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that produced all three of the rappers in this puzzle |
| 35% | ARTS | 4 | Section of The New York Times where the crossword appears |
| 34% | ALEX | 4 | "I'll take 'The New York Times Crossword Puzzle' for $200, ___" |
| 34% | MARGARETFARRAR | 14 | First puzzle editor of The New York Times |
| 34% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |
| 34% | MANOWAR | 7 | Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 |
| 34% | ARTS | 4 | New York Times section that has the crossword |
| 32% | ABRONXTALE | 10 | The New Yorker's pick for the best movie of all time? |
| 32% | STIEGLARSSON | 12 | Author of the 2005 New York Times best seller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 32% | QADDAFI | 7 | "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episode of "The West Wing" |
| 31% | WORLD | 5 | New York ___, newspaper that published the first crossword puzzle (1913) |
| 31% | LAST | 4 | This clue, among all of the Down clues |
| 31% | DAILY | 5 | New York Times podcast, with "The" |
| 31% | DAILY | 5 | Like the New York Times mini puzzle |
| 30% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph of The New York Times |
| 30% | ARTS | 4 | Section of The New York Times |
| 30% | PATRICKEWING | 12 | Former New York Knick in the Basketball Hall of Fame who was on the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team" and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PAYWALL | 7 | Feature of the New York Times website |
| 30% | BEATLES | 7 | The best-selling musical act of all time, with the |
| 30% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 29% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 29% | OREO | 4 | Most common cookie in the New York Times crossword |
| 29% | STYLE | 5 | Section of The New York Times that covers fashion |
| 29% | OLDSCHOOL | 9 | Not down with the new ways of doing things |