| 100% | PUTALIDONIT | 11 | "Shut your trap!" ... and, graphically, what the circled letters do |
| 57% | RAISEARUCKUS | 12 | Cause commotion ... or what the circled letters do? |
| 56% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 55% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 54% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Important meal, or what the circled letters do, if parsed another way |
| 54% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 53% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 52% | REPEATAFTERME | 13 | "Do as I do," and a hint to what the circled letters do |
| 50% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 49% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 48% | SPINATALE | 9 | Embellish the truth, and what the sets of circled letters do? |
| 48% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 48% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 48% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 48% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 47% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 47% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 47% | YES | 3 | What the circled letters all mean |
| 47% | FLIPYOURLID | 11 | Blow a gasket, and what we've done in the circled letters |
| 46% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 46% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Elegant hairstyle, and what the circled letters give to 17-, 30-, and 47-Across? |
| 46% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 45% | WAIT | 4 | What you'd do between the interview and callback for your dream job |
| 45% | FASHIONDESIGNERS | 16 | What you can do by rearranging the letters of 17- and 26-Across |
| 45% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 45% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 45% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | SPRINGFORWARDFALLBACK | 21 | Timely mnemonic, or what the circled letters depict |