| 100% | BATTLESHIP | 10 | It's four units long in a popular board game (with the game's other pieces hinted at by the circled letters) |
| 39% | HIDEANDSEEK | 11 | Children's game hinted at by the circled letters |
| 37% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 36% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 34% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Aquarian event at Yasgur's farm, and a hint to what's formed by the circled letters |
| 34% | XCHANGESTUDENT | 14 | Pupil with a phonetic beginning that hints at what the circled letters comprise |
| 34% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the object found by connecting the four circled letters in a diamond |
| 33% | BANANAGRAMS | 11 | Popular word game, or, read differently, a hint to the circled letters |
| 33% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 33% | THEPRICEISRIGHT | 15 | Long-running game show with a feature spelled out clockwise by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 32% | LETAFOOL | 8 | Part 1 of a maxim by Publilius Syrus, hinted at by the series of circled letters |
| 32% | CHESS | 5 | Wizard's ___, magical variant of a classical board game played at Hogwarts in which pieces move of their own accord on the player's command |
| 32% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 32% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 32% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 32% | SUSPECT | 7 | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 32% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | Disney character hinted at by the circled letters |
| 32% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 31% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| 31% | NAMECARDS | 9 | Labels at a dinner party ... or a hint to the circled letters hidden in the theme answers? |
| 31% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 31% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| 30% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 30% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 30% | STORMYWEATHER | 13 | Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem's Cotton Club ... and a hint to four other long answers |
| 30% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 30% | SHIFT | 5 | With 100-Down, change one's approach, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 30% | SHOES | 5 | Clothing items sold in boxes, as hinted at by the shaded letters |
| 30% | INSIDEJOB | 9 | Betrayal of trust, hinted at by the circled letters, which form an apt John le Carré title |