| 100% | NUANCED | 7 | Complex and subtle |
| 60% | BYZANTINE | 9 | Complex and intricate |
| 56% | ORNATE | 6 | Very complex and decorative |
| 53% | FINESSE | 7 | Subtle and refined delicacy |
| 52% | VITAMINB | 8 | Complex containing thiamine and niacin |
| 51% | CONVOLUTE | 9 | Make an argument complex and difficult to follow |
| 47% | INTRICATE | 9 | Convoluted and complex; containing many parts |
| 47% | CHROMATIN | 9 | Intermediary complex between DNA and chromosome |
| 46% | AFTERTASTE | 10 | Finish that should be long and complex |
| 46% | POMPIDOU | 8 | Arts and culture complex in central Paris |
| 46% | ALHAMBRA | 8 | Moorish palace and fortress complex in Granada |
| 45% | SUMMER | 6 | __ Palace, complex of lakes and gardens in Beijing |
| 44% | GATED | 5 | Rod and Edward like some apartment complexes (5) |
| 43% | MATHPHD | 7 | Deg. with classes like Algebraic Topology and Complex Variables |
| 41% | PORTKEMBLA | 10 | Suburb of Wollongong, Australia, housing an artificial port and industrial complex |
| 41% | WATERGATE | 9 | Washington hotel and office complex whose name became synonymous with scandal |
| 39% | SILENTB | 7 | What words like debt, subtle and thumb have in common: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MOATED | 6 | Like the temple complex of Angkor Wat and many old English castles |
| 39% | NOS | 3 | Items which could be rational, complex, real and even negative, for short |
| 39% | PORTKEMBLA | 10 | Suburb of Wollongong, Australia, that includes an artificial port and industrial complex |
| 38% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 36% | VANILLA | 7 | *French ___, a subtle flavor known for its delicate sweetness, and used in cakes and pastries |
| 35% | LASCAUX | 7 | Site of a complex of caves in Dordogne, France, containing Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings |
| 34% | ETHAN | 5 | ___ Hawke, actor and almost every '90s teen's subtle crush since "Before Sunrise" and "Reality Bites" |
| 33% | BLATANT | 7 | Far from subtle |
| 33% | OVERT | 5 | Far from subtle |
| 33% | NUANCED | 7 | Subtle |
| 33% | SLY | 3 | Subtle |
| 33% | UNDERSTATED | 11 | Subtle |
| 33% | SYSTEM | 6 | Complex |