| 100% | DOOMSCROLLING | 13 | Habit of incessantly reading bad news online, and what's happening in the circles |
| 38% | INOUTLIST | 9 | Catalog of what's trendy and what's not in the new year |
| 38% | SKISLOPES | 9 | Spots for moguls, and what happens in each set of circles |
| 37% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 37% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles |
| 37% | BACKSTREETS | 11 | Springsteen song, and what's contained in the circles |
| 36% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 36% | LOOSECHANGE | 11 | Pocket money ... and what's in the puzzle's circles? |
| 36% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ (aware of what's happening) |
| 35% | ROKER | 5 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality Al |
| 35% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 35% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 35% | BOXEDWINE | 9 | Party drink option, no corkscrew required ... and what's in each set of circles? |
| 35% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 35% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | MIDDLEENGLISH | 13 | "The Canterbury Tales" language, and what's hiding in the circled letters |
| 34% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 34% | NEWS | 4 | What's happening in the world |
| 34% | ALROKER | 7 | "Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" speaker |
| 34% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality on NBC's "Today" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STRETCHEDTHIN | 13 | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| 33% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 33% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 32% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 32% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | ODDJOB | 6 | Miscellaneous household task, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 32% | CANDYWRAPPERS | 13 | Halloween discards, and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| 32% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |