| 100% | INCMAJOR | 8 | How the circled letters of 20-Across are played |
| 50% | BLOCKBUSTERS | 12 | Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are? |
| 48% | OUTMUSCLED | 10 | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| 45% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 44% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 44% | ELL | 3 | How the 12th letter of the alphabet sounds |
| 43% | ANDY | 4 | "Toy Story" boy ... or, with the circled letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across |
| 43% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 41% | DARWIN | 6 | Evolution theorist ... or what the circled letters are evolving toward? |
| 41% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 41% | MADCONSUMERREPORTSSPY | 21 | How the case of commercial espionage is halted? |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 41% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 41% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
| 41% | DOVER | 5 | Capital suggested by the circled letters and by the starts of 17- and 63-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 40% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 40% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 40% | PARTNERS | 8 | With the circled letters, investors not involved in the management of their businesses |
| 40% | ASH | 3 | Cigarette remains (and how the first syllable of 50-Across is pronounced) |
| 39% | BODRUM | 6 | How the Ancient city of Halicarnassus is called today |
| 39% | EARNEST | 7 | The Importance of Being __, Oscar Wilde play |
| 39% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 39% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 39% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 39% | BACKWARD | 8 | How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle |
| 39% | RST | 3 | Letters 18, 19, and 20 of the alphabet |
| 39% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 38% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |