| 100% | SLICEDBREAD | 11 | "Best thing" bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles |
| 73% | SPLITLEVEL | 10 | House with short staircases, and a hint to each row of circles |
| 72% | SLICEDVEGGIES | 13 | Salad crudités ... and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 72% | JUMPINGBEAN | 11 | Tumbling seed, and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 61% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like a well-trained pet, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 60% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Roughhouse, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 59% | CALLLETTERS | 11 | Station identifiers, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 59% | ABOUTFACE | 9 | Military command, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 59% | WINGCHAIRS | 10 | Parlor pieces, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 59% | TAILSPINS | 9 | Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 58% | SPLITTHEATOM | 12 | Nuclear fission phrase, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 58% | ALTERNATEROUTE | 14 | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 58% | SIDECAR | 7 | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 58% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Final leg ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 57% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Postnuptial alteration, and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 57% | MIDDLEMAN | 9 | Go-between ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 57% | CUTIN | 5 | Interrupt ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 56% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Period after young adulthood ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 56% | FLIPPHONE | 9 | Motorola Razr, e.g., and a hint to each set of circles |
| 55% | INSIDEPITCH | 11 | Ballpark brushback, perhaps ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 54% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 54% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 54% | CHANGEHANDS | 11 | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 54% | SHIFTGEARS | 10 | Go from neutral to reverse ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 53% | ROCKYROAD | 9 | Nutty ice cream parlor order ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 52% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 52% | INSIDESTORY | 11 | Facts known to a select few ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 52% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 52% | OUTSIDERARTISTS | 15 | Self-taught creators, in modern lingo, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 52% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |