| 100% | PSI | 3 | Letter that's necessary in order to spell upsilon and epsilon |
| 36% | BAIL | 4 | Money that's paid in order to be released from jail |
| 35% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 34% | BINGO | 5 | Winning exclamation aptly arranged and spelled by the standalone letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | SATES | 5 | Satisfies, spelled with letters that can be found in order in satisfies |
| 33% | ARE | 3 | Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 33% | MINDBLOWN | 9 | "Wow, that's unbelievable!" and a clue to the circled letters |
| 33% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | TAKEATURNFORTHEBEER | 19 | Go left or right in order to get that brewski? |
| 32% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |
| 31% | TYRE | 4 | Car part that needs air to work (how it's spelled in Britain) |
| 31% | MUTO | 4 | Crinus ___, transformation spell in "Harry Potter" that was used to change one's hair |
| 31% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 31% | ALO | 3 | Business that makes cuts in order to turn a profit? |
| 31% | OPAL | 4 | Gemstone that's often polished to an oval ... and has three of the same letters as "oval" |
| 31% | GIFT | 4 | Traditional 61-Across surprise, aptly boxed, and spelled with the only four letters of the alphabet that don't appear elsewhere in this grid |
| 30% | ASP | 3 | Animal ordered to "be angry, and dispatch," in Shakespeare |
| 30% | SIGMA | 5 | Greek letter that refers to a lone wolf, in Gen-Z slang |
| 30% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the answer to the riddle "What's round at both ends and high in the middle?" |
| 30% | RETAILTHERAPY | 13 | Shopping in order to improve one's mood |
| 30% | XXXXX | 5 | Largish combo (and a hint to the number of letters in each country that you'll need) |
| 30% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in 1994 |
| 30% | RHO | 3 | Letter that's hidden in your home? |
| 29% | DELTA | 5 | Letter that's an airline and a river feature |
| 29% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 29% | ADBLOCKER | 9 | Browser extension needed in order to understand the answers to 17-, 24-, 31-, 44-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 29% | SOTHAT | 6 | In order to |
| 29% | TUSIMPLE | 8 | Co. that's launched a self-driving freight network, starting in Texas and Arizona with plans to be national by 2024 |
| 29% | LINEUP | 6 | The order that players are up to bat in baseball |
| 29% | NESTLES | 7 | Brand name that used to be spelled out in commercials |