| 100% | THEAS | 5 | California team [and 18 letters in the grid to circle ... and then connect using three lines] |
| 37% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 36% | QWERTYKEYBOARDS | 15 | Places to find the letters circled in the grid |
| 35% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 33% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 33% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A |
| 33% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 33% | NEWWORLDORDER | 13 | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 33% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 33% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 33% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 32% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 32% | SPACEMOUNTAIN | 13 | Futuristic indoor roller coaster since 1977 ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 32% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 32% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 32% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 32% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the object found by connecting the four circled letters in a diamond |
| 31% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 31% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 31% | GOLDEN | 6 | With 46-Across, California NBA team that faced Cleveland in the championship three years in a row (and won twice, in 2015 and 2017) |
| 31% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 31% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 30% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 30% | DOTDOTDOT | 9 | Indication of more to come … or a hint to a feature of three consecutive letters in 18-, 20-, 59- and 61-Across |
| 30% | TIMEWARP | 8 | "Rocky Horror" dance illustrated in this grid [and then a step to the right] |