| 100% | FSH | 3 | Answer to the riddle "What do you call a fish with no eyes?"... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 49% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 48% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 47% | REVERSECOURSE | 13 | Do the opposite, and a punny hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | OBLIQUEREFERENCE | 16 | Indirect comment ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | "Loosen up!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | STEPSUPONESGAME | 15 | Improves to meet a challenge … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | DOUBLERAINBOW | 13 | Rare sighting after a storm ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | PULLEDPORK | 10 | Messy sandwich filler ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | POETRYINMOTION | 14 | Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | WARPSPEED | 9 | Science-fiction velocity ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | MUSICALCHAIRS | 13 | Kids' party game … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | FARBEITFROMME | 13 | "I hate to criticize" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | CHANGESTHEWORLD | 15 | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | DRINKSALLAROUND | 15 | "It's on me!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like most pet dogs ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | GUTFEELING | 10 | Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | NOTQUITEMYTEMPO | 15 | Iconic line from "Whiplash," or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | STIRTHEPOT | 10 | Create tension among friends, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Regained one's winning status ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | TASTE | 5 | It's often unaccounted for ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | SHELLGAMES | 10 | Sleights-of-hand with cups, or a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 44% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | SHUFFLE | 7 | With 42-Across, prepare to play cards (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |