| 100% | STEPSUPONESGAME | 15 | Improves to meet a challenge … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 83% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | OBLIQUEREFERENCE | 16 | Indirect comment ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | "Loosen up!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | DOUBLERAINBOW | 13 | Rare sighting after a storm ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | PULLEDPORK | 10 | Messy sandwich filler ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | POETRYINMOTION | 14 | Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | WARPSPEED | 9 | Science-fiction velocity ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | MUSICALCHAIRS | 13 | Kids' party game … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | FARBEITFROMME | 13 | "I hate to criticize" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | CHANGESTHEWORLD | 15 | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | DRINKSALLAROUND | 15 | "It's on me!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like most pet dogs ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | GUTFEELING | 10 | Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | NOTQUITEMYTEMPO | 15 | Iconic line from "Whiplash," or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 75% | STIRTHEPOT | 10 | Create tension among friends, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 74% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Regained one's winning status ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 74% | TASTE | 5 | It's often unaccounted for ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 74% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 71% | FSH | 3 | Answer to the riddle "What do you call a fish with no eyes?"... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 70% | MOUNTUP | 7 | "Let's ride!"...or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 66% | AUSPICES | 8 | Patronage... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 66% | ROUNDOFGOLF | 11 | Eighteen holes ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 66% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | Party snack (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 66% | DRIVEUPTHEPRICE | 15 | Make dear? (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 66% | WRONGWAY | 8 | Sign of misdirection, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 66% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 65% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 65% | HOSPITALCORNERS | 15 | Institutional bed-making technique, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |