| 100% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 64% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 58% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 58% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 58% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 57% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 56% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 55% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 55% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 55% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 55% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 55% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 54% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | SPACEMOUNTAIN | 13 | Futuristic indoor roller coaster since 1977 ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 52% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 51% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 51% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 49% | TOOLBOX | 7 | Locale of all the circled items in this puzzle |
| 48% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |