| 100% | SALADDAYS | 9 | Youthful time in one's life ... which this puzzle might harken solvers back to? |
| 37% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 34% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | Notable time in one's life |
| 33% | EAR | 3 | In one ___ and out the other (how a word may travel through someone's brain--or through this puzzle grid) |
| 33% | AIM | 3 | To complete this puzzle may be your immediate one |
| 32% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time in one's life, it is said |
| 32% | UNDO | 4 | People go back in time to do this |
| 32% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 31% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 31% | TEENAGE | 7 | Period in one's life, between 13 to 19 years |
| 30% | ERA | 3 | Time, in this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | TWOFIRSTNAMES | 13 | What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess |
| 30% | INTHECORNER | 11 | This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) |
| 30% | TILDE | 5 | Mark used four times in this puzzle's solution |
| 30% | SYNESTHESIA | 11 | Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words |
| 29% | AWE | 3 | Wonder ... which is featured seven times in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | READEVERYOTHERLETTER | 20 | Instruction for discovering this puzzle’s hidden wish to solvers |
| 29% | STUMBLINGBLOCKS | 15 | Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid? |
| 29% | GOOGOOEYES | 10 | Adoring looks seen 10 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | DIAMOND | 7 | What pressure + coal = 4 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | HOMEWARDSTERN | 13 | Heading back to one's residence in a grim mood? |
| 29% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Horror novel where animals come back to life (and which has a misspelled word in the title): 2 wds. |
| 29% | ROADSIGNS | 9 | Medium in which this puzzle's ad appeared |
| 29% | LOTUSPOSE | 9 | One who's meditating might be in this |
| 29% | ACUTE | 5 | ___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution |
| 29% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |