| 100% | CROSSWORD | 9 | X-shaped puzzle? |
| 70% | CROSSSTITCH | 11 | Sewing style employing X shapes |
| 70% | TANGRAMS | 8 | Shape-shifting puzzles |
| 66% | OVOID | 5 | Shaped like this puzzle's subject |
| 65% | CUBE | 4 | Rubik's puzzle shape |
| 63% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle with a 9 x 9 grid |
| 63% | TETRIS | 6 | Puzzle game with bright shapes that drop |
| 63% | SQUARES | 7 | Block shapes on this puzzle |
| 61% | DEER | 4 | ___ Xing (road sign illustrated in this puzzle) |
| 61% | SUPERPOWER | 10 | X-ray vision or shape-shifting, e.g. |
| 56% | OCTAGON | 7 | Shape of 96-Across suggested by this puzzle's special squares |
| 56% | TWO | 3 | Number of X's in this puzzle's answer |
| 56% | SUDOKU | 6 | Numbers puzzle with grids of 3 x 3 squares |
| 56% | ERNORUBIK | 9 | Inventor of a colorful puzzle in a cubic shape |
| 56% | LETFLY | 6 | Something to do with the shapes in this puzzle? |
| 54% | TANGRAM | 7 | Chinese puzzle where tiles are rearranged to form different shapes |
| 54% | MUSHROOM | 8 | Its shape is depicted by this puzzle's white squares |
| 53% | CHIASM | 6 | X-shaped intersection of two nerves |
| 53% | PASTA | 5 | Carb-heavy dish whose shapes begin this puzzle's longest answers |
| 51% | MYSTIQUE | 8 | Shape-shifting "X-Men" villainess |
| 51% | PENTOMINOES | 11 | Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares |
| 51% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle |
| 51% | QUINCUNX | 8 | Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares |
| 50% | SUDOKU | 6 | 3 x 3 x 3 puzzle |
| 50% | CROSSBUCK | 9 | X-shaped warning sign next to railroad tracks |
| 50% | CRUCIATE | 8 | X-shaped ligament pairs found in human joints |
| 49% | TOTALLY | 7 | With 45-Down, "Radical, dude!" (and a hint to this puzzle's shape) |
| 46% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 43% | TANGRAM | 7 | Chinese geometric puzzle |