| 100% | ITHASCIRCLES | 12 | With 50-Across, how one can tell that this puzzle was up all night waiting to be solved? |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 34% | ESCAPE | 6 | Room with puzzles that need to be solved to exit |
| 34% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 33% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 33% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 33% | STUPID | 6 | With 40-Across, Lady Gaga hit that begins, "You're the one that I've been waiting for / Gotta quit this crying" |
| 32% | EMAIL | 5 | Something you could send to crosswords@vox.com saying how great these puzzles are, for example |
| 32% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 32% | RADIO | 5 | It can be two-way ... with a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 31% | TOPTOBOTTOM | 11 | With 54-Across, how to read this puzzle's secret message |
| 31% | DOLLARSANDCENTS | 15 | Money ... or a hint to how six crossings in this puzzle are to be represented, superimposing one letter over another |
| 31% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 31% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 30% | AMP | 3 | One could go up to 11 in "This Is Spinal Tap" |
| 30% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | FLOWER | 6 | With 50-Down, place that this puzzle grid represents |
| 30% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 30% | ANTEATER | 8 | Toothless termite hunter with a long nose and a tongue that can be up to 2-feet long |
| 30% | ONLY | 4 | "It is ___ with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." —The Little Prince |
| 30% | CROSS | 5 | With 57-Across, what you must do four times to solve this puzzle |
| 30% | ATE | 3 | You shouldn't be surprised that it could be up to a year since your pet anaconda last did this |
| 30% | HES | 3 | "You can tell that __ up to something" |
| 30% | GENDER | 6 | With 43-Across, something that escapes certain categories, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | WRAPAROUND | 10 | With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle |
| 29% | INSIDE | 6 | With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 29% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 29% | KEY | 3 | A helpful one while solving this puzzle is C |
| 29% | WORDSWERE | 9 | With 121 Across, how a puzzle was easily fixed? |
| 29% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |