| 100% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 40% | ORIOLE | 6 | One may be seen in the same park as a blue jay ... or the same ballpark as a Blue Jay |
| 38% | SEAL | 4 | One may have a ball at the circus |
| 37% | OUTMUSCLED | 10 | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| 35% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 34% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 34% | LOO | 3 | You might wait in a queue for one at intermission on the West End |
| 34% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 33% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 33% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 33% | SUSPECT | 7 | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 33% | RAT | 3 | Rodent one might see in the NYC subway |
| 33% | CROC | 4 | Snapper one may see in a river, briefly |
| 32% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 32% | HIT | 3 | Success in the game 60-Across ... or a hint to interpreting the circled squares |
| 32% | OPENTABS | 8 | They might accrue at a bar or in a browser |
| 32% | PENDANT | 7 | One might have a cameo at the end |
| 32% | USER | 4 | One may have a password at the ready |
| 32% | MANSPREADS | 10 | Crowds one's seatmates, in a way ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 32% | TACO | 4 | One might be in a hard or soft shell |
| 32% | TEE | 3 | One may have a ball at the country club |
| 32% | EGO | 3 | One may get in the way of a collaboration |
| 32% | POLE | 4 | You might see one in a vault |
| 32% | LAB | 3 | You may see a reaction in one |
| 31% | CLUE | 4 | One may be left at the scene of a crime |
| 31% | LOUDSPEAKER | 11 | One may be put in the corner of a classroom |
| 31% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 31% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 31% | BEARSUIT | 8 | You might see someone in one at Wrigley Field |