| 100% | LIMESTONE | 9 | Approximately 5.5 million tons of it was used to build [see circled letters] |
| 37% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 35% | SCTV | 4 | Candy used to be seen on it |
| 35% | CEL | 3 | Bugs used to be seen on it |
| 35% | SOFA | 4 | Piece of furniture whose cushions could be used to build a fort |
| 35% | TYPE | 4 | It used to be made of lead |
| 34% | USSR | 4 | Estonia used to be pt. of it |
| 34% | PRAYERBOOK | 10 | It's bound to be of use to a churchgoer |
| 33% | USSR | 4 | Russia used to be part of it: Abbr. |
| 33% | USSR | 4 | Georgia used to be part of it, for short |
| 33% | APIECEOFCAKE | 12 | "Nothing to it!," and what each circled letter literally is? |
| 32% | CHANGEHANDS | 11 | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 32% | EAR | 3 | It is used to eavesdrop |
| 32% | LES | 3 | ___ Gold, owner of "American Jewelry and Loan" that used to be seen on truTV's "Hardcore Pawn" |
| 32% | DYE | 3 | It is used to color 1a |
| 32% | JUSTHAVINGABALL | 15 | Living it up ... or a hint to the six groups of circled letters |
| 31% | AREA | 4 | ___ of a circle is calculated using its radius and pi |
| 31% | HELICOPTERPAD | 13 | Where to see a circled [first letter of answer] |
| 31% | BUFFERINASPIRIN | 15 | Where to see a circled [first letter of answer] |
| 31% | COPYRIGHTSYMBOL | 15 | Where to see a circled [first letter of answer] |
| 31% | LODESTONE | 9 | It was used to make the first compass |
| 31% | ALL | 3 | Mother of ___, descriptive phrase used to refer to something that is the most epic of its kind |
| 31% | STAYINALIVE | 11 | What aptly named #1 hit of 1977 is used in CPR training due to its number of beats per minute? |
| 31% | HAMMER | 6 | It is used to drive nails into a wall |
| 31% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 30% | RATIO | 5 | Pi is one, for the circumference of a circle to its diameter |
| 30% | WHEAT | 5 | Grain that isn’t used at the restaurant Owamni because it was introduced to the Americas after the arrival of Europeans |
| 30% | DRUMROLLS | 9 | Percussion sounds that are used to build excitement |
| 30% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 30% | Y2K | 3 | 1999 tech scare believed to present a major 110 Across (and a description of its circled letters) |