| 100% | SNOW | 4 | Balls of it are found in this puzzle |
| 63% | FALLINGRAIN | 11 | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| 59% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 59% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 59% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 57% | FLAVOROFTHEDAY | 14 | Special offering that might be found in this puzzle |
| 57% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 57% | BLACKCATS | 9 | Unlucky symbols, four of which can be found in this puzzle |
| 56% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 56% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 56% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 56% | ZODIAC | 6 | All 12 of its symbols are featured in this puzzle |
| 55% | GREEKLETTERS | 12 | Contents of four answers found in this puzzle |
| 55% | WORKAROUNDS | 11 | Ways to sidestep obstacles, and what are found in this puzzle's circles |
| 55% | SECRETINGREDIENT | 16 | Undivulged recipe component, as can be found in this puzzle's "menu items" |
| 55% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 55% | HOUSEHOLDNAME | 13 | Instantly recognizable brand, and what can literally be found in this puzzle's circles? |
| 55% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | BRAINSTEM | 9 | The medulla is found in this part of the body |
| 54% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 53% | ENG | 3 | This puzzle is in it, briefly |
| 52% | SPICEBLENDS | 11 | Mixes such as garam masala and ras el hanout, and what are found in this puzzle's circles? |
| 52% | NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK | 17 | Item hidden somewhere in this puzzle (where is it?) |
| 52% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 52% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 52% | OBSTRUCTIONOFJUSTICE | 20 | Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows? |
| 52% | PIE | 3 | "American ___," teen film starring Jason Biggs ... and a traditional Thanksgiving dessert whose ingredients can be found in this puzzle |