| 100% | CAPITALGRIDLOCK | 15 | Legislative impasse ... and what occurs at this puzzle's circles? |
| 49% | ORBITS | 6 | What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent |
| 49% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 47% | BREAKINGNEWS | 12 | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| 46% | TAILENDS | 8 | Final parts, and what this puzzle's circled letters create |
| 45% | EXTREMEMEASURES | 15 | Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| 45% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 45% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 44% | FAMOUSCROSSINGS | 15 | What this puzzle's circled spaces represent |
| 44% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 43% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 43% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 43% | MINISPLITS | 10 | Zoned climate control options, and what this puzzle's circled letters form |
| 43% | APPLECORES | 10 | Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle's circles represent? |
| 42% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A |
| 42% | THEME | 5 | What this puzzle's title hints at |
| 42% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 42% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 41% | WIDESPREAD | 10 | Extensive ... and what's literally seen in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 41% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 41% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 41% | BACKWOODS | 9 | Primitive area, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | CROPSUP | 7 | Arises, and what's seen four times in this puzzle |
| 40% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel, and what's needed in solving this puzzle? |