| 100% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | Biological sequence, or what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 65% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant, or what you'll find in each set of circled letters |
| 59% | FRIEDRICE | 9 | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| 58% | MIXEDBREED | 10 | Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters |
| 56% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 56% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 48% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 48% | FRUIT | 5 | What you get if you change the first letter in "demon," "dime" or "drape"? |
| 47% | CATSUP | 6 | Hunt's offering, and what you'll find in the starred answers |
| 47% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 47% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | MIXEDBAGS | 9 | Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across? |
| 46% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 46% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 45% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | FIGHTINGWORDS | 13 | "Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | Direction you'll find by rearranging the letters in "seat" |
| 43% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 43% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 43% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 43% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 42% | ART | 3 | What you'd find at the Guggenheim or the Louvre |
| 42% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 42% | LOOSECHANGE | 11 | It may be found under sofa cushions, or in the circled letters |
| 42% | ROLLSOFTHEDICE | 14 | Crapshoots, or what you can find in 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| 42% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 42% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 42% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |