| 100% | WOLFE | 5 | Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise) |
| 51% | ADRAMACRITICIS | 14 | Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters |
| 47% | KARAOKESCREEN | 13 | One place to follow the object named in the circled letters (reading left to right) |
| 46% | ARC | 3 | Shape of the meteorological phenomenon found in the circled letters |
| 46% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 45% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 44% | PINGPONGTABLE | 13 | Another place to follow the object named in the circled letters |
| 43% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 42% | SQUARE | 6 | With 55-Across, what the circled letters, reading clockwise, form |
| 42% | LENNON | 6 | John —, musician; author of 1965 volume A Spaniard in the Works |
| 41% | UPSANDDOWNS | 11 | Vicissitudes of life, as for the inventor named in the circled squares? |
| 41% | BACKCHANNEL | 11 | Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters? |
| 41% | TRIMS | 5 | Cuts off a bit of hair ... as seen in the circled letters? |
| 41% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 41% | USS | 3 | Letters in the names of American ships |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | STU | 3 | Name found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | ENGELS | 6 | Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845 |
| 40% | EPISTLE | 7 | Literary work in the form of letters |
| 40% | SMITHERS | 8 | The name of the butler who works for the Lodge family in "Archie" comics |
| 39% | GPT | 3 | Letters after “Chat” in the name of an OpenAI product |
| 39% | PARTNERS | 8 | With the circled letters, investors not involved in the management of their businesses |
| 39% | SORT | 4 | Categorize ... and, when read differently, the letters that can go in the circled squares |
| 39% | DOOMSCROLLING | 13 | Habit of incessantly reading bad news online, and what's happening in the circles |
| 39% | TONI | 4 | First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club |
| 38% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | SOULCYCLE | 9 | Spin class company ... and what can describe the arrangement of letters in the circled squares? |
| 38% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |