| 100% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 48% | VIBESHIFTS | 10 | Big changes in the Zeitgeist, as suggested by the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 46% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 43% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Setting for a 20-Across ... as represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 42% | COFFEEBREAK | 11 | Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 40% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 40% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 40% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 40% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 39% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 39% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 39% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 39% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 39% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |