| 100% | DARKARTS | 8 | Harmful spells, in the Potterverse |
| 64% | KNUT | 4 | Bronze coin in the Potterverse |
| 63% | RAT | 3 | Scabbers, in the Potterverse |
| 63% | OWL | 3 | Hermes, in the Potterverse |
| 60% | KNUT | 4 | Coin in the Potterverse |
| 60% | SNAPE | 5 | Professor in the Potterverse |
| 58% | OWLS | 4 | Birds who deliver mail in the Potterverse |
| 57% | DEMENTOR | 8 | Foul creature that guarded Azkaban in the Potterverse |
| 56% | MAGES | 5 | Casters of spells in the World of Warcraft |
| 56% | LANINA | 6 | Cause of a dry spell in the Midwest |
| 53% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 53% | NUS | 3 | Letters in the Greek spelling of "Parthenon" |
| 53% | TSE | 3 | Russian letter in the spelling of "tsar" |
| 53% | ETA | 3 | Letter in the classical spelling of "Athena" |
| 53% | THETA | 5 | Letter in the Greek spelling of Athens |
| 53% | LAH | 3 | Sixth scale note, in the British spelling |
| 52% | PSI | 3 | First letter in the Greek spelling of "Psyche" |
| 52% | SULPHA | 6 | Class of antimicrobial drugs, in the British spelling |
| 48% | BASLE | 5 | Swiss city on the Rhine, in old spelling |
| 47% | NOX | 3 | Magical spell in "Harry Potter" that extinguishes the light in one's wand |
| 46% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 45% | TORI | 4 | Actress Spelling who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2024 |
| 45% | TORI | 4 | Actress Spelling who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2024 |
| 45% | SOS | 3 | Message spelled out in the sand, sometimes |
| 44% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 43% | HEXES | 5 | Harmful spells |
| 43% | FORK | 4 | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| 43% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | MOOD | 4 | In the ___ |