| 100% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 76% | CONGRATULATIONS | 15 | First part of a message suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 76% | SPYVSSPY | 8 | Long-running Mad feature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 74% | DAYBREAK | 8 | First light ... or a phenomenon suggested by this puzzle's seven sets of circled letters? |
| 72% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | Photographer's request … as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 70% | LOOPDELOOPDELOOP | 16 | Maneuver for slot car racers or stunt pilots, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 70% | DRIBBLE | 7 | Make art like 53-/21-Across (as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters?) |
| 70% | TREE | 4 | Thing depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 70% | SHOE | 4 | Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 70% | WHEREISTHETHEME | 15 | Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 68% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 67% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Employee hours suggested by this puzzle's circles |
| 66% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 66% | TIREROTATION | 12 | Regular vehicle maintenance suggested by this puzzle's circles |
| 65% | PARTY | 5 | Event suggested by this puzzle's circled squares, read clockwise from the top |
| 64% | ITSRAININGCATSANDDOGS | 21 | Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 64% | WHATSFORDESSERT | 15 | Dinner table question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 63% | TWOPEASINAPOD | 13 | Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 63% | ONIONDOME | 9 | Architectural feature depicted by this puzzle's arching circled letters |
| 63% | MINARETS | 8 | Architectural features depicted by this puzzle's vertical circled letters |
| 63% | FIDDLER | 7 | Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly |
| 62% | VIBESHIFTS | 10 | Big changes in the Zeitgeist, as suggested by the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 62% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 61% | FINGERS | 7 | With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 61% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 61% | THEROUNDSONME | 13 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 60% | VINCENT | 7 | With 50-Across, Dutch painter represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 60% | COFFEEBREAK | 11 | Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 58% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 57% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Setting for a 20-Across ... as represented by this puzzle's circled letters |