| 100% | CLOUD | 5 | With this puzzle's central black squares, ecstasy |
| 64% | QUINCUNX | 8 | Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares |
| 62% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 52% | NONCONTIGUOUSLY | 15 | How this puzzle's black squares are arranged |
| 52% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 50% | PENTOMINOES | 11 | Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares |
| 49% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain ... with a hint to this puzzle's central nine squares |
| 47% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 45% | SPECS | 5 | 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle |
| 44% | LANE | 4 | Site associated with this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | VICHYSSOISE | 11 | Soup made with this puzzle's ingredients |
| 44% | FLIPPINGONESLID | 15 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 43% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Obstacle ... or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? |
| 43% | PARTTHEREDSEA | 13 | Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle |
| 43% | ATEAM | 5 | TV/movie group associated with this puzzle's theme? |
| 43% | OCTET | 5 | This puzzle's special squares, e.g. |
| 43% | TAXBREAK | 8 | Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create |
| 43% | PICODEGALLO | 11 | Topping made with this puzzle's chopped and squeezed ingredients |
| 42% | BUTTERFLYEFFECT | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares |
| 42% | POT | 3 | Herb garden vessel ... as depicted four times by black squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | DARKART | 7 | Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents? |
| 42% | JAGUAR | 6 | Cat with black spot native to Central & S. America |
| 42% | STAFF | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 42% | THIRTEENOLONIES | 15 | What this puzzle's special squares represent |
| 42% | USS | 3 | Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 42% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| 42% | ADBLOCK | 7 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle |