| 100% | LASS | 4 | "A __ to stray in dreams of love": Flaubert |
| 53% | ART{LOVE}R | 10 | Someone who might dream of running away to live in a museum |
| 48% | TREE | 4 | "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear ___..." |
| 47% | ASPIREDTOOFFICE | 15 | Dreamed of a career in politics |
| 46% | ILY | 3 | Confession of love, in a text |
| 46% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SECRET | 6 | People dream of finding a __ passage in their home |
| 44% | AMOR | 4 | "Love," to a Spaniard in love |
| 44% | AMIDST | 6 | In the thick of, to a bard |
| 44% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, to a chef |
| 43% | COLLAPSE | 8 | To fall in like a house of cards |
| 43% | DOWNSIZE | 8 | To reduce a number of employees in a company |
| 43% | PIGOUT | 6 | To eat a lot in short period of time |
| 43% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 43% | DEPICT | 6 | To show or represent in a form of art |
| 43% | ROADS | 5 | In a saying, all of them lead to Rome |
| 43% | ASK | 3 | To request information in the form of a question |
| 42% | SUGARMAPLE | 10 | In a ___, there's plenty of sweet ___ to be harvested |
| 42% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 42% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 42% | MEDICALLY | 9 | In a way related to treatment of illness or injury |
| 42% | CAP | 3 | A feather in one's ___ (achievement to be proud of) |
| 42% | SCAT | 4 | Word to a stray cat in your garden |
| 42% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | “Love Will Tear Us Apart” band . . . and a hint to each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | AMAS | 4 | Verb in a translation of "You love Latin!" |
| 42% | HEARTEMOJI | 10 | Symbol in a text to a loved one |
| 42% | FATELINE | 8 | Indicator of success in life, to a palmist |
| 42% | WINDOW | 6 | Opening in a wall to see out of |
| 42% | RATE | 4 | Measure of a thing in relation to another |
| 42% | SELL | 4 | Agree to let go of, in a way |