| 100% | FAIRY | 5 | ___ Circles, mysterious circular barren patches of land encircled by vegetation found in Namibia |
| 29% | REFORMPARTY | 11 | Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters |
| 28% | ISLE | 4 | Small patch of land surrounded by water |
| 27% | ADENOIDS | 8 | Patch of tissue found high up in the throat |
| 26% | ISLANDRETREATS | 14 | Vacation spots found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 26% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 26% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 25% | MIXED | 5 | With 38-Down, bar offering found in each set of circles |
| 25% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 38-Across, unpublicized skill found in each set of circles |
| 25% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 25% | SEACHANGE | 9 | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| 25% | ODDJOB | 6 | Miscellaneous household task, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 25% | CHINESE | 7 | With 43-Across, historical period found in each set of circled letters |
| 25% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant, or what you'll find in each set of circled letters |
| 25% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 25% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 25% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 25% | BAUHAUS | 7 | German school of art founded by Gropius in 1919 |
| 24% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 24% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 24% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 24% | LOT | 3 | Patch of land |
| 24% | PLOT | 4 | Patch of land |
| 24% | DISC | 4 | Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometry |
| 24% | BODMINMOOR | 10 | Barren granite area of land in north Cornwall |
| 24% | MIXEDSIGNALS | 12 | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| 24% | DIOMEDE | 7 | — Islands, two bodies of land in the Bering Strait separated by the International Date Line |
| 24% | MILKANDCO | 9 | Small business founded in the '70s by the Mayor of Castro Street? *om nom nom* |
| 23% | ACNE | 4 | Skin disorder caused by inflammation of the glands found chiefly in adolescents |