| 100% | ILLASKAROUND | 12 | "Someone in my circle probably knows the answer" |
| 44% | INSIDEJOB | 9 | Crime committed with help from someone in the know |
| 42% | BATTERUP | 8 | Umpire's call to someone in the on-deck circle (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 41% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 41% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 41% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 41% | FIFTH | 5 | With 45-Down, subversive groups ... or what the answers in the circled squares comprise? |
| 41% | HASIT | 5 | Knows the answer |
| 41% | HADIT | 5 | Knew the answer |
| 41% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Answer provided by the magic object named twice in the circled squares |
| 40% | RECS | 4 | Suggestions from someone who might be in the know, for short |
| 39% | SOAKUPTHESUN | 12 | 2002 summer anthem from Sheryl Crow, and what the answers with circles do, in two ways |
| 39% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 39% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 39% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 39% | ANYONE | 6 | "Who knows the answer?" |
| 39% | OHOH | 4 | "I know the answer!" |
| 39% | AHA | 3 | "I know the answer!" |
| 39% | OHOHOH | 6 | "I know the answer!" |
| 39% | OOHOOH | 6 | "I know the answer!" |
| 39% | ASKME | 5 | "I know the answer!" |
| 38% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 38% | TRYME | 5 | "I might know the answer" |
| 38% | ASKME | 5 | "Ooh! I know the answer!" |
| 38% | WHATIMPLEMENT | 13 | With 28-, 48- and 56-Across, riddle whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 38% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 38% | STATELINE | 9 | Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 38% | IVEGOTTHESCOOP | 14 | Words from someone in the know, or what the pros in 20-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across might say |
| 37% | OHOH | 4 | "Pick me! I know the answer!" |