| 100% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 58% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 53% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 51% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 50% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 50% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 49% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 49% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 49% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 49% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 49% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 49% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 48% | CORPORATEBONDS | 14 | Capital-raising vehicles, or what the circled letters represent |
| 48% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 48% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Elegant hairstyle, and what the circled letters give to 17-, 30-, and 47-Across? |
| 48% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 47% | KELLYLINK | 9 | "White Cat, Black Dog" author ... and what the circled squares represent? |
| 46% | CANDYWRAPPERS | 13 | Halloween discards, and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| 46% | PUTALIDONIT | 11 | "Shut your trap!" ... and, graphically, what the circled letters do |
| 45% | TOWNSQUARES | 11 | What the six groups of circled letters represent |
| 45% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 44% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? |
| 44% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 43% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | Lack of similar interests, and what the three long answers with circled letters have? |
| 43% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 43% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 43% | TAXBRACKET | 10 | Earnings division, and what each trio of circled letters represents |
| 42% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 42% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 42% | YES | 3 | What the circled letters all mean |