| 100% | CONNECT | 7 | With 97-Down, classic puzzle type |
| 52% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 22-Down, classic crime-movie line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 45 Down, alternate puzzle title |
| 51% | MAC | 3 | With 50 Down, alternate puzzle title |
| 50% | CONNECT | 7 | ___ the dots, simple puzzle type with numbered dots |
| 49% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 49% | RADIAL | 6 | With 58 Down, type of auto wheel |
| 49% | PIANO | 5 | With 5 Down, type of orchestral work |
| 47% | HORNED | 6 | With 97-Down, bird of prey |
| 47% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 47% | OREO | 4 | With 35 Down, narrow versions of a classic cookie |
| 47% | QUARKS | 6 | Elementary particles with types: up, down, strange |
| 46% | CONCENTRATION | 13 | Classic Hugh Downs game show where contestants solved rebus puzzles |
| 45% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | With "The," classic guide for writers, and this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | REBUS | 5 | Type of puzzle with a combination of image and letter clues |
| 45% | STARTFROM | 9 | With 58-Across, what four Down answers in this puzzle do |
| 44% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 43% | OSOLE | 5 | With 12-Down, classic Neapolitan tune |
| 43% | THE | 3 | With 112-Down, classic Faulkner story |
| 43% | LIL | 3 | With 50-Down, classic comic strip |
| 43% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Classic Christmas carol ... made literal in 10 of this puzzle's down entries |
| 43% | THESECRETGARDEN | 15 | Classic 1911 children's novel ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | THEBEST | 7 | With 51-Across, Sinatra classic, and a hint to completing three puzzle answers |
| 43% | VERYHUNGRYCATERPILLAR | 21 | Classic children's book character eating its way through this puzzle, with "the" |
| 43% | WORDS | 5 | With 3-Down, popular puzzles |
| 43% | JIGSAW | 6 | Saw villain who shares a name with a type of puzzle |
| 42% | LYIN | 4 | With 122-Down, Eagles classic |
| 42% | DRY | 3 | With 3-Down, battery type |
| 42% | BAT | 3 | With 41-Down, this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 25-Down, this puzzle's honoree |