| 100% | GAMES | 5 | Letter Zap, Stop and CodyCross are these |
| 44% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 44% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 43% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 43% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | FANATEE | 7 | Mobile game makers of Stop and CodyCross |
| 41% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 41% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 40% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 40% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 40% | ETH | 3 | The four letters that Anglo Saxons used and we don't are ash, thorn, wynn and this one |
| 39% | GERMAN | 6 | CodyCross is available in this Berlin language |
| 39% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 39% | KEEPITBETWEENUS | 15 | "Let this be our little secret" … or a hint to letter sequences hidden in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 38% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 38% | PLAIN | 5 | In literature, Sarah was this and Tall |
| 38% | SAUSAGES | 8 | Mortadella and salami are these |
| 38% | LIZARDS | 7 | Chameleons and geckos are these |
| 38% | HORMONES | 8 | Insulin and testosterone are these |
| 38% | SAUCES | 6 | Hollandaise and bechamel are these |
| 38% | POISONS | 7 | Arsenic and hemlock are these |
| 38% | WEAPONS | 7 | Cannons and crossbows are these |
| 38% | SPICES | 6 | Cinnamon and nutmeg are these |
| 38% | BALLGAMES | 9 | Rugby and pelota are these |
| 38% | BIVALVES | 8 | Oysters and mussels are these |
| 38% | SAUSAGES | 8 | Bratwurst and pepperoni are these |
| 38% | COMPOSERS | 9 | Mozart and Elgar were these |