| 100% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 58% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 48% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 47% | ALMOSTNEVER | 11 | Rarely ... or what each set of circled letters is? |
| 46% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 44% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 43% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 43% | MIXEDBREED | 10 | Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters |
| 43% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 42% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 42% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 39% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 39% | SPINATALE | 9 | Embellish the truth, and what the sets of circled letters do? |
| 39% | DARWIN | 6 | Evolution theorist ... or what the circled letters are evolving toward? |
| 39% | CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | 18 | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| 38% | STRINGQUARTET | 13 | Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? |
| 38% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 38% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 37% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 37% | STEPMOM | 7 | Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents? |
| 37% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 37% | SQUAREDANCE | 11 | Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? |
| 37% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 37% | FRIEDRICE | 9 | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| 36% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 36% | DAY | 3 | What each set of circled letters spells |
| 36% | TAKEOUTFOOD | 11 | Alternative to home cooking, or what should be done to the answers with circles |
| 36% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| 36% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 35% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |