| 100% | PASTRIES | 8 | Desserts whose letters can aptly be found in "patisserie" |
| 58% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 57% | ATF | 3 | Org. whose letters are aptly found twice each in "anti-trafficking" |
| 56% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 56% | GDFR | 4 | 2015 Flo Rida hit whose letters can be found sequentially in this puzzle's three longest entries |
| 51% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 49% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 46% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose letters are found in order in spectrum |
| 45% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 44% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter whose name is found in "theta" and "beta" |
| 43% | ELI | 3 | Biblical priest whose name can be found in "belief" |
| 42% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 42% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle |
| 41% | BUMP | 4 | Can be found in the road |
| 41% | PEELE | 5 | Director whose entire filmography is found in 13- and 19-Across (if you move one letter) |
| 41% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 40% | BURGER | 6 | Common cookout fare whose toppings can be found stacked in this grid |
| 40% | SCHMEAR | 7 | It can aptly be spelled with letters from "cream cheese" |
| 40% | MALI | 4 | West African nation whose letters can be scrambled to "Lima" |
| 40% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 40% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer-winning author whose name is found in nonconsecutive letters of "page turner" |
| 40% | SATES | 5 | Satisfies, spelled with letters that can be found in order in satisfies |
| 40% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 40% | SEAL | 4 | Sea-lion relative whose name can be found in “sea lion” |
| 40% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 39% | EWOK | 4 | Sci-fi creature whose name can be spelled with letters in Wookiee |
| 39% | REI | 3 | Outdoor-gear retailer whose name can be spelled from letters in retailer |
| 39% | STY | 3 | Pigs can usually be found in this (rhymes with "why") |