| 100% | SMALL | 5 | With 62-Across, a trifling amount . . . and what’s found in four places in this puzzle |
| 56% | LIES | 4 | With 71- and 72-Across, commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 55% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 55% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 53% | AMENCORNER | 10 | Exciting section of 37-Across, familiarly ... and a configuration found in four apt places in this puzzle |
| 51% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 51% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 50% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 49% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 49% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 49% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 48% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | TSQUARE | 7 | Drafting tool, and a feature found four times in this puzzle |
| 47% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 47% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 46% | OUTONALIMB | 10 | In a risky situation, and something found four times in this puzzle |
| 46% | AMESSAGEIN | 10 | With 38- and 56-Across, what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 46% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 46% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 46% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 46% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 45% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 45% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | BOXED | 5 | With 40-Across, party supplies found in this puzzle's four corners |
| 45% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 45% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | LADIES | 6 | With 63-Across, what some performers saw in Las Vegas? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |