| 100% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 58% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 57% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 52% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 51% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 50% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 50% | DARWIN | 6 | Evolution theorist ... or what the circled letters are evolving toward? |
| 50% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 49% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 49% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 48% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 48% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 48% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Elegant hairstyle, and what the circled letters give to 17-, 30-, and 47-Across? |
| 45% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 45% | BLOCKPARTIES | 12 | Neighborhood social events ... and what the four sets of circles are? |
| 45% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 44% | CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | 18 | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| 44% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | Lack of similar interests, and what the three long answers with circled letters have? |
| 44% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 43% | FOUNDMONEY | 10 | Unexpected wallet fattener ... and what the circled words are |
| 43% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 43% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 42% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 42% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 42% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 42% | YES | 3 | What the circled letters all mean |
| 42% | BLOCKBUSTERS | 12 | Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are? |
| 42% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 41% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |