| 100% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 41% | EXTREMEMEASURES | 15 | Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| 41% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 41% | WIDESPREAD | 10 | Extensive ... and what's literally seen in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 40% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 40% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 40% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 40% | BACKWOODS | 9 | Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 40% | GRACEUNDERFIRE | 14 | 1990s sitcom ... and what literally appears six times in this puzzle |
| 40% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 40% | ORBITS | 6 | What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent |
| 40% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 40% | PARTTHEREDSEA | 13 | Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle |
| 39% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 39% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Shifted an advantage, and what we've done in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Set higher standards, and what you must do five times in this puzzle |
| 39% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 39% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 39% | ABRIDGED | 8 | Shortened, and what the letters removed from eight novels in this puzzle spell out |
| 38% | SECRETFRIENDS | 13 | Kid's imaginary companions, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 38% | HOUSEHOLDNAME | 13 | Instantly recognizable brand, and what can literally be found in this puzzle's circles? |
| 38% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 38% | MAKEADENT | 9 | Scratch the surface, and what both words in 17-, 26-, 55- and 65-Across literally do |
| 38% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 38% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 37% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | UTTERNONSENSE | 13 | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| 37% | FACEDTHEMUSIC | 13 | Accepted the consequences of one's actions, and what the artists did with the hits in this puzzle? |
| 37% | CROPSUP | 7 | Arises, and what's seen four times in this puzzle |