| 100% | CIRCLETHEWAGONS | 15 | Get into a defensive position, and what we do in this grid |
| 44% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Shifted an advantage, and what we've done in this puzzle's circles |
| 42% | FLIPYOURLID | 11 | Blow a gasket, and what we've done in the circled letters |
| 41% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 39% | GRABFORTYINKS | 13 | What an exhausted, but enthusiastic, tattooist might do if asked to go and get supplies in a variety of colors? |
| 38% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 37% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | Act in an uninhibited way, and what to do three times in this grid |
| 37% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 37% | TRAPEZEARTIST | 13 | ... "high-energy position" ... and we got a __! |
| 37% | PUTAPININIT | 11 | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 36% | DROPPINGBY | 10 | Visiting, and a hint to what we're doing in five Across answers |
| 36% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 35% | FALLBACK | 8 | What US and UK clocks do in autumn |
| 35% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| 35% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 35% | RINSE | 5 | What to do if you’ve gotten yourself into a lather? |
| 35% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 35% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 34% | WAITITI | 7 | What We Do in the Shadows creator Taika |
| 34% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 34% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 34% | BAT | 3 | Animal that the "What We Do in the Shadows" vampires can turn into |
| 34% | SITCOMS | 7 | Shows such as "What We Do in the Shadows" and "The Golden Girls" |
| 34% | BANGAGONG | 9 | T. Rex, Santana suggest we get it on and do this |
| 34% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 34% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 34% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SIT | 3 | Get into a cross-legged position |
| 33% | NANDOR | 6 | What We Do in the Shadows vampire known as "the Relentless" |
| 33% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |