| 100% | STRINGTRIO | 10 | Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles |
| 65% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 59% | FOLLOWTHELEADER | 15 | Game played in this puzzle? |
| 58% | TWISTINGONESARM | 15 | Using coercion, as shown in this puzzle's circles |
| 58% | SIDESOFBEEF | 11 | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 58% | SPINCYCLE | 9 | Washing machine feature shown graphically in this puzzle's circles |
| 57% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 57% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 57% | ALTERATIONS | 11 | Adjustments provided by businesses specializing in this puzzle's circled word |
| 56% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 55% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 55% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | IRS | 3 | Tax org. undergoing some "reform" in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 55% | COINS | 5 | Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle's six sets of circles |
| 55% | FALLINGRAIN | 11 | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| 55% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Classic character whose exploits inspired the phrase in this puzzle's circles |
| 55% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 55% | PRIDEPARADE | 11 | June celebration ... which is depicted in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 55% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 54% | EVILQUEEN | 9 | She queried a magic object named twice in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 54% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 54% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | Mall workshop, and a hint to filling in this puzzle's circles |
| 54% | DREAMSEQUENCE | 13 | Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle's circles |
| 53% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 53% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 53% | USA | 3 | Ryder Cup team that all of this puzzle's featured athletes played for in 2018 (Abbr.) |
| 53% | STATELINE | 9 | Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares |