| 100% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 56% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 54% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 54% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 53% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 50% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 48% | SORT | 4 | Categorize ... and, when read differently, the letters that can go in the circled squares |
| 48% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 48% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 47% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 47% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 47% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | SOULCYCLE | 9 | Spin class company ... and what can describe the arrangement of letters in the circled squares? |
| 47% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 46% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 46% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 46% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 46% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 46% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 45% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 44% | SEED | 4 | What is planted in the soil and could become a tree? |
| 44% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 43% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 43% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 42% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |