| 100% | SHERE | 5 | Hite of "The Hite Report" |
| 76% | MATT | 4 | Drudge of the Drudge Report |
| 75% | BARR | 4 | William ___, reviewer of the Mueller report |
| 73% | STARR | 5 | ___ Report of the 1990s |
| 73% | STEPHEN | 7 | First name of The Colbert Report's host |
| 70% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird in the opening of "The Colbert Report" |
| 69% | WRITTENUP | 9 | Reported for a violation of the rules: 2 wds. |
| 68% | EAGLE | 5 | Swooping animal in the opening credits of "The Colbert Report" |
| 67% | EQUIFAX | 7 | One of the Big Three in credit reports |
| 67% | ORAL | 4 | Like reports given in front of the class |
| 66% | IRONY | 5 | Central conceit of the humor on "The Colbert Report" |
| 66% | HANSARD | 7 | Official report of the proceedings of the British Parliament |
| 66% | WEST | 4 | Last part of the country to report election results |
| 65% | TELLS | 5 | __ on; reports the misdeeds of |
| 65% | KUMAR | 5 | Nish —, host of BBC TV comedy show The Mash Report |
| 65% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 64% | SAM | 3 | With 51 Down, host of the politics podcast "The Majority Report" |
| 63% | TRUTHINESS | 10 | Subject of "The Word" on the first episode of "The Colbert Report" |
| 62% | ECONOMIC | 8 | Like much of the discussion that took place on "Nightly Business Report" |
| 62% | WEST | 4 | Last part of the country to report election returns, usually, with "the" |
| 62% | PCT | 3 | Abbr. used often in reporting the results of the 2016 presidential election |
| 62% | FINN | 4 | Member of the world's happiest people, per repeated World Happiness Reports |
| 59% | CIA | 3 | Group that reports to the Director of National Intelligence: Abbr. |
| 59% | UFOS | 4 | Sightings of them can be reported on the Enigma app |
| 59% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 58% | DOW | 3 | Part of a business report, with "the" |
| 54% | SHERE | 5 | Hite of sexuality |
| 54% | NEWS | 4 | The latest reports |
| 54% | TIBIAL | 6 | Of the shinbone |