| 100% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 63-Across, tricky football play ... as represented by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 47% | GOESFORASPIN | 12 | Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 45% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | 1965 #1 Byrds hit ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 44% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Setting for a 20-Across ... as represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | GEESE | 5 | With 50-Across, it's represented by 15 squares in an appropriate arrangement in this puzzle |
| 42% | XRAYVISION | 10 | Superpower represented by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 41% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 40% | PRIDE | 5 | With 58-Across, what's represented by this puzzle's colored "stripes" |
| 40% | VINCENT | 7 | With 50-Across, Dutch painter represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | MONTH | 5 | Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 39% | THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER | 21 | This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| 38% | KENKEN | 6 | Newspaper puzzle suggested by this crossword's shaded squares |
| 38% | TWOPEASINAPOD | 13 | Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 38% | MAKINGENDSMEET | 14 | Economizing, as represented by the shaded squares? |
| 37% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 36% | OUTERWEAR | 9 | Garment fittingly represented by this puzzle's circles |
| 36% | THEROUNDSONME | 13 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 36% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 35% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 35% | STAFF | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 35% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 35% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 35% | USS | 3 | Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 34% | TIC | 3 | With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid |
| 34% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 34% | BIGBEND | 7 | National park along the Rio Grande, represented by this puzzle's circled words |
| 34% | CIVILWAR | 8 | With 63-Across, theme of this puzzle |
| 34% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | TOYBOXES | 8 | Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |