| 100% | TRULY | 5 | Adverb before the signature, in many letters |
| 49% | NOT | 3 | Adverb in many of the Commandments |
| 48% | STU | 3 | Letters before V in the alphabet |
| 48% | WHOM | 4 | Pronoun in the starts of many letters |
| 48% | PAPA | 4 | Letter before Quebec in the phonetic alphabet |
| 48% | PAPA | 4 | Letter before Quebec in the NATO alphabet |
| 48% | ECHO | 4 | Letter before Foxtrot in the NATO alphabet |
| 48% | IOTA | 4 | Letter before kappa in the Greek alphabet |
| 48% | THETA | 5 | Letter before iota in the Greek alphabet |
| 47% | HITME | 5 | Words before the title line in ". . . Baby One More Time" |
| 47% | KILO | 4 | Letter before lima in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 47% | ALFA | 4 | Letter before Bravo in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Letter before Peter in the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet |
| 42% | READYTOGO | 9 | "Got everything before we leave?" … with a checklist seen in the circled letters |
| 42% | DEAR | 4 | First word in many letters |
| 41% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 41% | DEAR | 4 | First word in many letters, usually |
| 40% | OFFICE | 6 | "The ___," TV series in which Dwight believes that the letter "R" is among the most menacing sounds |
| 40% | ALREADY | 7 | Before the time in question |
| 40% | STS | 3 | Most letters in D.C. |
| 40% | ERENOW | 6 | Before the present, in the past |
| 39% | ATBAR | 5 | Before the court, in lawyerspeak: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CLEF | 4 | Symbol before the key signature |
| 39% | DEAR | 4 | The start of many letters? |
| 39% | DREAMSHAKE | 10 | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| 38% | OMAHA | 5 | The most populous city in the US with a five-letter name |
| 38% | AVA | 3 | The most popular three-letter name for American baby girls in 2018 |
| 38% | DEAR | 4 | First word in many personal letters |
| 38% | WHOM | 4 | Pronoun in many business letter greetings |
| 38% | NOT | 3 | Word in most of the Commandments |