| 100% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Employee hours suggested by this puzzle's circles |
| 68% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 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 |
| 63% | TWOPEASINAPOD | 13 | Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 63% | DAYBREAK | 8 | First light ... or a phenomenon suggested by this puzzle's seven sets of circled letters? |
| 62% | CONGRATULATIONS | 15 | First part of a message suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 62% | SPYVSSPY | 8 | Long-running Mad feature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 60% | THEROUNDSONME | 13 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 58% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | Photographer's request … as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 57% | NORTH | 5 | Direction suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Game suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Locale suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | THOMASNAST | 10 | Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | LOOPDELOOPDELOOP | 16 | Maneuver for slot car racers or stunt pilots, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 57% | DRIBBLE | 7 | Make art like 53-/21-Across (as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters?) |
| 56% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 56% | CHEMICALBONDING | 15 | Attraction suggested by this puzzle's theme answers |
| 55% | OUTERWEAR | 9 | Garment fittingly represented by this puzzle's circles |
| 55% | COUNTDOWNIN | 11 | With 81-Down, tradition suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | BEGINNERSPANISH | 15 | Introductory foreign language class suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | OCTAGON | 7 | Shape of 96-Across suggested by this puzzle's special squares |
| 54% | GOESFORASPIN | 12 | Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 54% | TUNNEL | 6 | With 86-Across, fixation problem suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | WEATHERBALLOONS | 15 | Carriers of meteorological instruments ... as suggested by this puzzle's theme? |
| 54% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | 1965 #1 Byrds hit ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 54% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball feat suggested by this puzzle's pairs of theme answers, informally |
| 53% | TREE | 4 | Thing depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |