| 100% | REVOLVINGDOOR | 13 | It comes full circle as you work your way through 20-, 36-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 39% | DICEROLLS | 9 | Casino plays ... and events that occur as you work your way down through the four sets of circles |
| 24% | INHALINGFOOD | 12 | What the ends of 20-, 36- and 43-Across suggest |
| 23% | KEYLESSENTRY | 12 | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| 23% | GHOSTWRITER | 11 | Hired pen … or, punnily, the author of 20-, 36- and 43-Across? |
| 23% | PEAKTELEVISION | 14 | Period of outstanding programming ... of which 20-, 36-, and 43-Across are examples? |
| 23% | BED | 3 | It comes in twin, full, queen, and king sizes |
| 22% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | NCAA Tournament colloquialism...that also describes the starts of 20-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 22% | TWOAM | 5 | It comes 1/12 of the way through the day |
| 22% | ARC | 3 | It doesn't come full circle |
| 22% | REDUNDANT | 9 | Like 17-, 36- and 43-Across as well as 11- and 29-Down |
| 22% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across |
| 22% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy ... as well as 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 22% | ESSO | 4 | With 58 Across, it can fill your tank in Toronto |
| 22% | MAP | 3 | It shows you the way to your destination |
| 22% | OPTICALILLUSION | 15 | It might have you both coming and going |
| 21% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 21% | THECHASE | 8 | You cut to it when you come to your main point |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | It can put some distance between you and your former self |
| 21% | DNE | 3 | Circling important information and marking it as ___ on shared chalkboards: Abbr. |
| 21% | JETPACK | 7 | Attach it to your back and you can fly |
| 21% | ALOHA | 5 | You can hear it coming and going |
| 21% | ALOHA | 5 | You might get it coming and going |
| 21% | SANS | 4 | After 1-Across, what the first names at 20-, 36-, 43- and 57-Across all are? |
| 20% | CANDLE | 6 | Birthday ___, make a wish as you blow on these to make it come true |
| 20% | WRAPSAROUND | 11 | Comes full circle? |
| 20% | LAP | 3 | Come full circle? |
| 20% | CLAP | 4 | "If you're happy and you know it, ___ your hands" |
| 20% | CLAP | 4 | "If you're happy and you know it, ___ your hands..." |
| 20% | SNAP | 4 | "If you're happy and you know it, ___ your fingers!" |