| 100% | THREE | 5 | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Woman associated with seven other answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | VEST | 4 | Layer found within five other answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | SANTA | 5 | Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 15 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) |
| 48% | ELESS | 5 | Unlike every answer in this puzzle (made-up word alert!) |
| 48% | THEIDES | 7 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | EROS | 4 | Name hidden in seven other answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 47% | EVEN | 4 | Like each answer in this puzzle - also each word in each clue - in length |
| 47% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 46% | USS | 3 | Abbr. that can precede nine key words in this puzzle |
| 46% | TEAMBUILDING | 12 | Goal for six answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | TRAPPED | 7 | Confined, like five letters in this puzzle that spell an apt word |
| 45% | THE | 3 | Word that appears in ten of this puzzle's clues |
| 45% | APLUS | 5 | Superlative grade earned by six answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 42% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 42% | HARDC | 5 | It starts and ends seven answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | LANES | 5 | Divisions represented by the highlighted answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | DROPABEAT | 9 | Trick to solving the shaded answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | DOWNS | 5 | 71 answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | HITRECORDS | 10 | Seven answers in this puzzle |