| 100% | GIVEMEASIGN | 11 | Entreaty for divine guidance, answered by each circled word |
| 39% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 38% | GIVEMEASIGN | 11 | Plea for divine guidance ... and hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | PRAY | 4 | Ask for divine guidance |
| 35% | PRAYS | 5 | Asks for divine guidance |
| 34% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 33% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| 33% | BLUECHECK | 9 | Mark obtained by paying for the premium service named in this answer's first word |
| 33% | IPRAY | 5 | Start of a plea for divine guidance |
| 32% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 32% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| 32% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 31% | PER | 3 | Word for each |
| 31% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 30% | WHEREISTHETHEME | 15 | Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30% | CAPTAIN | 7 | With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer? |
| 29% | ORALLY | 6 | Circle to assemble by word of mouth |
| 29% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 29% | WHATSFORDESSERT | 15 | Dinner table question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | PER | 3 | A word that means for each |
| 28% | BOX | 3 | Container for each letter in this answer |
| 28% | THREE | 5 | *Divide 33a by 27a for this answer |
| 28% | FRENCHREVOLUTION | 16 | Historical event suggested by each of the six groups of circled letters |
| 28% | BOYMEETSGIRL | 12 | Like some conventional romances, as illustrated by each set of circled letters |
| 28% | WATER | 5 | Word that can precede each word of each starred answer |
| 28% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can precede each half of each starred answer |
| 28% | PLAY | 4 | Word that can precede each half of the starred answers |
| 28% | TIME | 4 | Word that can be ''framed'' by the longest Across answers |
| 27% | RHYME | 5 | Type of word searched for by a lyricist |