| 100% | CABANAS | 7 | [One arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 91% | SEAL | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 91% | ERGO | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 91% | REAR | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 68% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 68% | NATIONAL | 8 | What one of the letters in 29-Across stands for |
| 68% | ENERGY | 6 | What one of the letters in E = mc2 stands for |
| 66% | TANGO | 5 | One of the letters of NATO, in the NATO alphabet |
| 66% | OSCAR | 5 | One letter of "NATO" in the NATO alphabet |
| 64% | RHO | 3 | Letter repeated three times in one of the "Revenge of the Nerds" fraternities |
| 62% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 62% | TNUT | 4 | Fastener that's one letter ahead of "U-bolt" in the dictionary |
| 61% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 59% | EVENS | 5 | One-third of the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence |
| 59% | ELI | 3 | One of the Mannings in the NFL |
| 59% | ARO | 3 | One meaning of the A in LGBTQIA |
| 58% | IOS | 3 | One of the islands in the Cyclades group |
| 58% | ALCOTT | 6 | One of the authors in the game Authors |
| 58% | UTAH | 4 | One of the 12 in the Pac-12 |
| 58% | AEROFLOT | 8 | One of the carriers in the SkyTeam alliance |
| 58% | JILL | 4 | One of the Bidens in the White House |
| 58% | JOE | 3 | One of the Bidens in the White House |
| 58% | SOULCYCLE | 9 | Spin class company ... and what can describe the arrangement of letters in the circled squares? |
| 58% | AWARD | 5 | Each of the letters in EGOT |
| 58% | XES | 3 | Two of the letters in "Xerox" |
| 57% | OMNI | 4 | One of the books in the Book of Mormon |
| 57% | LIBRARY | 7 | One of the rooms in the board game Clue |
| 57% | HALL | 4 | One of the rooms in the board game Clue |
| 57% | REASON | 6 | One of the 13 in the popular Netflix title |
| 57% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |