| 100% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 73% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 72% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 70% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 70% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 70% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 69% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 69% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 66% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 66% | SHAKEWEIGHT | 11 | Oscillating exercise device of infomercial fame . . . or how to arrive at the four strings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 62% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 62% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 61% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 61% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 60% | THELEANINGTOWER | 15 | Noted Italian campanile that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 60% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 59% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 59% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 59% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 59% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 59% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 59% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 58% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 58% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 58% | TOOLBOX | 7 | Locale of all the circled items in this puzzle |
| 58% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | “Love Will Tear Us Apart” band . . . and a hint to each set of circled letters in this puzzle |