| 100% | FIFTHWHEEL | 10 | Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle’s circled letters? |
| 45% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 42% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 42% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 40% | LOSTINTHESHUFFLE | 16 | Like this puzzle's circled letters vis-à-vis their Across answers |
| 40% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 40% | OPERA | 5 | Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one |
| 39% | QUINTUPLE | 9 | Like each letter of the alphabet in this puzzle, at minimum |
| 38% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 38% | CONGRATULATIONS | 15 | First part of a message suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 38% | WRONGWAY | 8 | Sign of misdirection, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 37% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | ISOGRAM | 7 | Phrase with no repeated letters (like each of this puzzle’s seven longest answers) |
| 37% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like most pet dogs ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 35% | DRINKSALLAROUND | 15 | "It's on me!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 34% | UNIT | 4 | Each of this puzzle's hidden words, e.g. |
| 34% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 34% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 33% | SHUFFLEBOARD | 12 | Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | ACROSS | 6 | Like many of this puzzle's answers |