| 100% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 36% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 34% | ABBR | 4 | Clue hint used four times in this puzzle (but can't be used here because it would give away the answer) |
| 33% | ALITTLEBIRDIE | 13 | Secret's source ... that can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 32% | ELFONTHESHELF | 13 | Oft-hidden holiday toy that can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 32% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 32% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 31% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 31% | DROPLEAFTABLE | 13 | Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle |
| 30% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | DEERXING | 8 | Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 30% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 29% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 29% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | HASH | 4 | Something you can buy at any time of day in Frank's Diner down on the corner |
| 29% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 29% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 29% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 29% | CABRIOLET | 9 | Car that can be driven with the roof down |
| 29% | ROOM | 4 | Any of nine locations in the game Clue |
| 29% | WRAPAROUND | 10 | With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle |
| 28% | CPR | 3 | Medical technique that can be performed to the beat of the song "Stayin' Alive": Abbr. |
| 28% | DOWNS | 5 | Lows ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle |
| 28% | UPS | 3 | Highs ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle |
| 28% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 28% | KANGAROOWORD | 12 | Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | SCHMEAR | 7 | Bagel spread that can be spelled with the letters in cream cheese |
| 28% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 28% | ERIN | 4 | Name that can be heard phonetically somewhere in this clue |