| 100% | ALBERT | 6 | With 39-Down, speaker of this puzzle's quote |
| 70% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Speaker of this puzzle's "double quote" |
| 60% | HENRYKISSINGER | 14 | Speaker of this puzzle's quip |
| 58% | JRRTOLKIENSTHE | 14 | With 55-Across, source of this puzzle's quote (which starts in box #38) |
| 58% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 56% | JEFFERSON | 9 | Author of this puzzle's quote |
| 56% | TAROT | 5 | With 29-Down, source of this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | AREVERSAL | 9 | With 31-Down, feature of this puzzle's theme entries |
| 55% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 54% | STICK | 5 | Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers |
| 54% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 53% | INVISIBLEINK | 12 | What six of this puzzle's clues have been written with? |
| 51% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Classic Christmas carol ... made literal in 10 of this puzzle's down entries |
| 50% | WOODY | 5 | With 55-Down, star of this puzzle |
| 50% | BORDER | 6 | With 28-Down, theme of this puzzle |
| 50% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle |
| 50% | OPEDCOLUMN | 10 | Place for airing an opinion ... or what five of this puzzle's Down answers contain? |
| 49% | COOL | 4 | With 66- and 67-Across, source of this puzzle theme's quote |
| 49% | CHECKALL | 8 | With 39-Down, fulfill requirements ... or how to fill four of this puzzle's squares? |
| 49% | XFILES | 6 | Theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 49% | CLOCKWORKORANGE | 15 | Theme of this puzzle, with "A" |
| 48% | ALLTHELETTERS | 13 | With 14-Down, feature of this puzzle repeated three times |
| 48% | FIRSTMATES | 10 | Title of this puzzle, in reference to 17- and 39-Across and 11- and 26-Down |
| 48% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 48% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 47% | TIBBAR | 6 | Visual representation of this puzzle's trick (go to 38-Down) |
| 46% | SHH | 3 | Silent segment of five of this puzzle's Down answers |
| 46% | JACKIN | 6 | With 39-Across, apt title for this puzzle |