| 100% | NOWIKNOWMYXS | 12 | Youngster's lyric, perhaps after five missed attempts in this puzzle |
| 37% | IOO | 3 | Arabic equivalent of C hidden in this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 36% | PUBLICEDUCATION | 15 | What this puzzle's four missing clues spell, in order |
| 34% | AQUATIC | 7 | Like the five animals in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 32% | ONEA | 4 | In this puzzle, it’s clued as “Feeling :(” |
| 32% | BALANCHINE | 10 | George, in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | PLANET | 6 | Item in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | EAGLE | 5 | Score in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | BADMINTONNET | 12 | Divider in this puzzle's game |
| 32% | ERA | 3 | Time, in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | FERMI | 5 | Pioneer in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | ETC | 3 | Hidden element in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 32% | STRINGTRIO | 10 | Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles |
| 32% | GHOST | 5 | Spirit featured in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | LINE | 4 | This puzzle's missing piece? |
| 31% | THREELETTERWORD | 15 | Something not found in this puzzle's answer |
| 31% | VOWEL | 5 | Every other letter in this puzzle's grid(!) |
| 31% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 31% | SWISSROLL | 9 | Sweet treat depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 31% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 31% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef quoted in this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | MATHTEACHER | 11 | Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | HOUSE | 5 | Legislative body involved in this puzzle's midterms |
| 31% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | One of the five related names in this puzzle |
| 31% | VEST | 4 | Layer found within five other answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | CEE | 3 | Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | ONEONONE | 8 | Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer |
| 31% | TILDE | 5 | Mark used four times in this puzzle's solution |