| 100% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 60% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 59% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | THEBABYISASLEEP | 15 | New parent's whispered admonition … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 57% | LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | 21 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle |
| 54% | PIGEONHOLES | 11 | Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 53% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | TURNINGPOINTS | 13 | Decisive moments, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 51% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Seedy hangout ... or a hint to finishing four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | HANDRBLOCK | 10 | Tax giant, as well as a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | RADIO | 5 | It can be two-way ... with a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 49% | BLACKICE | 8 | Winter driving hazard ... or a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 49% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | THEARTOFWAR | 11 | Book with early versions written on bamboo slips ... or a hint to four entries in this puzzle |
| 48% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | POSTOFFICEBOXES | 15 | Mail conveniences ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | Party snack ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle |