| 100% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 54% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 53% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 50% | TAILENDS | 8 | Final parts, and what this puzzle's circled letters create |
| 50% | SPOILSPORTS | 11 | Party poopers, or what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 49% | MINISPLITS | 10 | Zoned climate control options, and what this puzzle's circled letters form |
| 48% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 48% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 48% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 48% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 47% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 47% | REVERSECOURSE | 13 | Do the opposite, and a punny hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 46% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 45% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 45% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 44% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 43% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 43% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 42% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 42% | BREAKINGNEWS | 12 | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| 42% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 42% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 41% | FILM | 4 | What each of this puzzle's songs also was, once you do the math |
| 41% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 41% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 41% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 41% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 41% | ORBITS | 6 | What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent |
| 41% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |