| 100% | READYORNOT | 10 | Words in hide-and-seek |
| 96% | WARM | 4 | Close, in hide and seek |
| 79% | HANDS | 5 | Word hidden in "Royal flush and straight" |
| 74% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
| 74% | PEEKS | 5 | Cheats at hide and seek |
| 74% | PEEK | 4 | Cheat at hide and seek |
| 72% | RAJA | 4 | Indian royal and a word you'll find hidden in "Maharajah" |
| 72% | VAMP | 4 | Femme fatale and a word you'll find hidden in "vampire" |
| 72% | ISEEYOU | 7 | Cry in hide-and-seek |
| 72% | PEEK | 4 | Cheat in hide-and-seek |
| 72% | SEARCHER | 8 | Role in hide-and-seek |
| 71% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 71% | WIT | 3 | Wisdom's partner, and a word you'll find hidden in "witch" |
| 69% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 69% | ELL | 3 | Shape of a right angle and a word you'll find hidden in "Ellen" |
| 68% | COUNT | 5 | Be "it" in hide-and-seek |
| 68% | MOREORLESS | 10 | Roughly, and a hint to the words hidden in 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 68% | READY | 5 | Hide-and-seek word |
| 67% | RUNDOWN | 7 | Seedy, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 9-, 29- and 33-Down |
| 67% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 66% | SARDINES | 8 | Fish party game akin to hide and seek |
| 66% | CHAMELEON | 9 | This lizard would excel at hide and seek |
| 66% | OAF | 3 | Clumsy and bumbling sort (word hidden in "loaf") |
| 66% | NEST | 4 | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 66% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 66% | ART | 3 | What a creative person might make, and a word hidden in 17a, 30a, 43a, 11d, 29d, 39d |
| 65% | DROPPEDCALL | 11 | Weak signal result, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 8-, 18- and 20-Down |
| 65% | REND | 4 | Tear to bits and pieces (word hidden in "render") |
| 65% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 64% | WHITER | 6 | Word in ads for toothpaste and detergent |