| 100% | DARWIN | 6 | Evolution theorist ... or what the circled letters are evolving toward? |
| 57% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 53% | CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | 18 | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| 50% | RAISEARUCKUS | 12 | Cause commotion ... or what the circled letters do? |
| 50% | SPRINGFORWARDFALLBACK | 21 | Timely mnemonic, or what the circled letters depict |
| 49% | CORPORATEBONDS | 14 | Capital-raising vehicles, or what the circled letters represent |
| 49% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 49% | HOLESINTHEWALL | 14 | Dingy bars, or what the circled letters can help fix |
| 48% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 48% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Important meal, or what the circled letters do, if parsed another way |
| 47% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 46% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 46% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 45% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 45% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 45% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 44% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? |
| 43% | SANDTRAPS | 9 | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| 43% | STRINGQUARTET | 13 | Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? |
| 42% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 42% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 42% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 41% | YES | 3 | What the circled letters all mean |
| 41% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 41% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 40% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 40% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | TAKEOUTFOOD | 11 | Alternative to home cooking, or what should be done to the answers with circles |
| 40% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 40% | SPLITLEVELHOUSE | 15 | Common midcentury modern suburban home, or what is depicted by each set of circled letters |