| 100% | ITSJUST | 7 | With 96- and 105-Across, how 122-Across explained the subject of this puzzle |
| 50% | FAB | 3 | With the circled squares of 35-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 50% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| 48% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 45% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 45% | HIGH | 4 | With 38-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 45% | BACKWARD | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| 45% | BANANA | 6 | With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 45% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 45% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 45% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 16-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 45% | POLITICAL | 9 | With 57-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 44% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 44% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 43% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 43% | WOODY | 5 | With 66-Across, subject of this puzzle, born 12/1/1935 |
| 43% | ROBERT | 6 | With 65-Across, subject of this puzzle, born 8/17/1943 |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire] |
| 43% | ONCEISNOTENOUGH | 15 | Jacqueline Susann novel, and the problem with some of the answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | XMARKS | 6 | With 40-Across, key to the "map" of this puzzle |
| 43% | DRAWKCAB | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the top half of this puzzle vis-à-vis the bottom |
| 43% | CASTING | 7 | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |
| 43% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With the slightest provocation, and how four answers in this puzzle make sense |
| 42% | YOU | 3 | With 39-Across, answer to the question "Who's the solver of this puzzle?" |
| 42% | SECRET | 6 | With 74-Across, voting system that affords anonymity ... or the theme of this puzzle? |
| 42% | SLEEPLESSINSEATTLE | 18 | 1993 film featuring the subject of this puzzle |
| 42% | ANAFFAIRTOREMEMBER | 18 | 1957 film featuring the subject of this puzzle |
| 42% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 42% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |