| 100% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 44% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 43% | MAKEADENT | 9 | Scratch the surface, and what both words in 17-, 26-, 55- and 65-Across literally do |
| 40% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 40% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 38% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 37% | IVEGOTTHESCOOP | 14 | Words from someone in the know, or what the pros in 20-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across might say |
| 37% | FASHIONDESIGNERS | 16 | What you can do by rearranging the letters of 17- and 26-Across |
| 37% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 36% | TWOPARTYSYSTEMS | 15 | Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across? |
| 36% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 36% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 36% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 36% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 36% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | Earlier ... or a hint to the words circled in 17-, 21-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 36% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 36% | CURLINGBONSPIEL | 15 | Athletic tournament hinted at by the first words in 17-, 23-, 48-, and 60-Across |
| 35% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 35% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 35% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 35% | DUCKDUCKGOOSE | 13 | Children's game ... or the circled words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 35% | OHIOPLAYERS | 11 | Chart-topping 1970s R&B/funk band suggested by the starts of 17-, 26-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 35% | TSHIRT | 6 | Where you might see the message formed by the last words in 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 34% | STARTFROMSCRATCH | 16 | Begin all over again ... and what 18-, 33-, 43- and 50-Across all do (almost), as indicated by the circled letters |
| 34% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 34% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 34% | HUEANDCRY | 9 | Public uproar … or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 34% | CREATEDAMONSTER | 15 | Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... or what you did after you filled in the shaded parts of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-Across? |
| 33% | BREAKITUPYOUTWO | 15 | Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? |
| 33% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |