| 100% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Impediment to creativity ... and each set of puzzle circles |
| 66% | CUTIN | 5 | Interrupt ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 65% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Postnuptial alteration, and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 58% | ISLANDRETREATS | 14 | Vacation spots found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 57% | BADSANTA | 8 | 2003 Billy Bob Thornton title role ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 54% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Roughhouse, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 53% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 52% | SPICEMIX | 8 | Curry powder, e.g. ... and what each set of puzzle circles contains |
| 52% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 52% | INNERCORE | 9 | Earth's most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 51% | CALLLETTERS | 11 | Station identifiers, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | ABOUTFACE | 9 | Military command, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | WINGCHAIRS | 10 | Parlor pieces, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | TAILSPINS | 9 | Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 51% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Politically diverse ballot ... and an apt description of each set of puzzle circles |
| 51% | ALTERNATEROUTE | 14 | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | SIDECAR | 7 | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 50% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Final leg ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 50% | SURPRISETEST | 12 | Unexpected classroom announcement ... and, initially, one hiding in each set of puzzle circles |
| 49% | SPLITTHEATOM | 12 | Nuclear fission phrase, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 49% | MIDDLEMAN | 9 | Go-between ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 48% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 48% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 48% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 48% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 47% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 47% | INSIDEPITCH | 11 | Ballpark brushback, perhaps ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 46% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Period after young adulthood ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 46% | FLIPPHONE | 9 | Motorola Razr, e.g., and a hint to each set of circles |