| 100% | VOWEL | 5 | Every other letter in this puzzle's grid(!) |
| 66% | VOWEL | 5 | Purchase on "Wheel of Fortune" ... or every other letter of this puzzle's grid |
| 60% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 56% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 56% | SWISSROLL | 9 | Sweet treat depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 54% | SNOWMEN | 7 | Winter figures, made from the "bonus" letters in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 54% | ONES | 4 | There are 13 in this puzzle's unsolved grid |
| 54% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 53% | STUMBLINGBLOCKS | 15 | Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid? |
| 53% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 52% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | CANDYCANES | 10 | Four things represented visually in this puzzle's grid |
| 52% | NORDICCROSS | 11 | Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle's grid |
| 52% | WAGONOFHEAVEN | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Babylonian folklore |
| 52% | SEVENO*EN | 9 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in Roman folklore |
| 52% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 51% | DRINKINGGOURD | 13 | Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in African American folklore |
| 51% | STUFFEDPEPPERS | 14 | Tex-Mex fare found with increasing spiciness in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 51% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 51% | GOOGOOEYES | 10 | Adoring looks seen 10 times in this puzzle's grid |
| 51% | TRAPDOORS | 9 | Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle's grid |
| 50% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | Point value in Scrabble of every letter in this puzzle |
| 50% | CRYPTOGRAM | 10 | Sort of encoded message found in this puzzle's grid [SEE NOTE] |
| 50% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | Number of K's in this puzzle's completed grid |