| 100% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 55% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 54% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 54% | FLIPYOURLID | 11 | Blow a gasket, and what we've done in the circled letters |
| 53% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 51% | REPEATAFTERME | 13 | "Do as I do," and a hint to what the circled letters do |
| 49% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 49% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 47% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 46% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 46% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 46% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | SOAKUPTHESUN | 12 | 2002 summer anthem from Sheryl Crow, and what the answers with circles do, in two ways |
| 46% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Well wishes before a performance, and what you do by filling in the circles |
| 46% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 45% | PUTALIDONIT | 11 | "Shut your trap!" ... and, graphically, what the circled letters do |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 45% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 44% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Important meal, or what the circled letters do, if parsed another way |
| 44% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 44% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 44% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 43% | OVERLAP | 7 | What the circles in a Venn diagram do |
| 43% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 43% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | Act in an uninhibited way, and what to do three times in this grid |
| 43% | BREAKUP | 7 | Split, and, in another way, what the starred answers do |
| 43% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 42% | EXTRA | 5 | With 55-Down, kicker's contribution, and what's found in the circled letters |
| 42% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Command to bypass a recap of prior episodes ... and what the puzzle circles do |