| 100% | CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | 18 | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| 69% | SANDTRAPS | 9 | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| 60% | DARWIN | 6 | Evolution theorist ... or what the circled letters are evolving toward? |
| 58% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 58% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 57% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 57% | MIXEDBREED | 10 | Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters |
| 56% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 54% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 52% | PATHTOVICTORY | 13 | Election night calculation ... or what's traced by the circled letters |
| 52% | BACKCHANNEL | 11 | Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters? |
| 52% | RAISEARUCKUS | 12 | Cause commotion ... or what the circled letters do? |
| 52% | SPRINGFORWARDFALLBACK | 21 | Timely mnemonic, or what the circled letters depict |
| 51% | STRINGQUARTET | 13 | Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? |
| 51% | ALMOSTNEVER | 11 | Rarely ... or what each set of circled letters is? |
| 51% | CORPORATEBONDS | 14 | Capital-raising vehicles, or what the circled letters represent |
| 50% | SQUAREDANCE | 11 | Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? |
| 50% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? |
| 50% | HOLESINTHEWALL | 14 | Dingy bars, or what the circled letters can help fix |
| 50% | RINSECYCLE | 10 | Part of washing ... or what's exhibited by the circled letters from top to bottom |
| 49% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Important meal, or what the circled letters do, if parsed another way |
| 49% | MEATSUBSTITUTES | 15 | Vegetarian options … or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
| 49% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 49% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 49% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 48% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 48% | WOODFILLER | 10 | Carpenter's compound, or what's found between each of four pairs of circled letters |
| 48% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| 48% | HOUSESTYLE | 10 | Publication's unique way of doing things ... or what each of the circled strings is? |
| 48% | SETSSTRAIGHT | 12 | Disabuses of false notions … or a hint to the circled letters |