| 100% | JONI | 4 | ''The Circle Game'' singer Mitchell |
| 61% | JONI | 4 | Singer Mitchell with the 1969 album "Clouds" |
| 58% | HEAD | 4 | Circle in the game hangman |
| 56% | ISAAK | 5 | Singer of the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" |
| 56% | ATWOOD | 6 | "The Circle Game" poet |
| 55% | DEL | 3 | Singer Lana ___ Rey with the hit "Video Games" |
| 54% | MONKEY | 6 | With the circled letters and 46-Across, playground keep-away game |
| 54% | DONNY | 5 | Singer Osmond who formerly hosted the game show "Pyramid" |
| 53% | OSMOND | 6 | Singer Donny who hosted the 2002-2004 game show "Pyramid" |
| 52% | XXXXX | 5 | Surname of the "Wicked Game" singer |
| 52% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Game depicted in the circled squares |
| 52% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer who hosted the Bravo reality series "Platinum Hit" |
| 51% | LANA | 4 | ___ Del Rey, singer of the hit song "Video Games" |
| 51% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer who wrote the poetry volume "A Night Without Armor" |
| 51% | LYNN | 4 | Country singer Loretta who released the 2016 album "Full Circle" |
| 50% | ELI | 3 | "Down the Field" singer, at a football game |
| 50% | ELLIS | 5 | "The Name Game" singer Shirley |
| 47% | SPINTHEBOTTLE | 13 | Classic party game ... or a hint to solving the answers that intersect circles |
| 47% | JONI | 4 | Singer Mitchell |
| 45% | JONI | 4 | "Help Me" singer Mitchell |
| 45% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer/songwriter who won the sixth season of "The Masked Singer" as the Queen of Hearts |
| 45% | CIRCLE | 6 | "The ___ Game" (Joni Mitchell song with the lyric "Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town") |
| 44% | JONI | 4 | "Big Yellow Taxi" singer Mitchell |
| 44% | JONI | 4 | "Both Sides Now" singer Mitchell |
| 44% | JONI | 4 | Folk singer Mitchell |
| 44% | JONI | 4 | "River" singer Mitchell |
| 44% | JONI | 4 | "California" singer Mitchell |
| 44% | DRUGSMUGGLER | 12 | The circled letters, e.g. |
| 44% | CABLENETWORK | 12 | The circled letters, e.g. |
| 44% | SOUTHEASTASIAN | 14 | The circled letters, e.g. |