| 100% | SPREAD | 6 | Apt word to follow each row of circled letters |
| 52% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 51% | JUMPINGBEAN | 11 | Tumbling seed, and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 49% | SLICEDVEGGIES | 13 | Salad crudités ... and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 48% | INSIDEVOICE | 11 | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| 48% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 46% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 40% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| 40% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 39% | ALTERNATEROUTE | 14 | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 39% | SIDECAR | 7 | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 38% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | DAY | 3 | What each set of circled letters spells |
| 38% | ASA | 3 | Words that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecting at a circle |
| 37% | SPLITLEVEL | 10 | House with short staircases, and a hint to each row of circles |
| 37% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 37% | TERRACE | 7 | Row of houses that are connected to each other |
| 36% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 36% | BOXCARS | 7 | Freight train components ... or a hint to each group of circled letters |
| 36% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 36% | DOT | 3 | Punctuation that can precede each set of circled letters |
| 36% | ORALLY | 6 | Circle to assemble by word of mouth |
| 35% | INSIDEPITCH | 11 | Ballpark brushback, perhaps ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 35% | SLICEDBREAD | 11 | "Best thing" bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles |
| 35% | BERRY | 5 | Word to "hang" from the last word of each long Down answer |
| 35% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Letters of a word rearranged to form another |
| 35% | PINGPONGTABLE | 13 | Another place to follow the object named in the circled letters |
| 34% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 34% | RANGEROVER | 10 | High-end SUV, and an apt description of each set of circled letters? |
| 34% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |