| 100% | RLY | 3 | Letters preceded by "O" used in internet forums underneath a snowy owl image to express disbelief |
| 27% | ENVELOPE | 8 | A paper container used to send letters in |
| 27% | STAMP | 5 | Use one to send a letter anywhere in the world |
| 26% | RAKE | 4 | Tool used by a croupier to gather chips, in Vegas |
| 26% | OMEGA | 5 | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| 25% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 25% | CAMEO | 5 | Term used to describe a brief appearance by a celebrity in a TV show |
| 24% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 24% | EPI | 3 | Lead-in to a Pen used by nurses |
| 24% | MATTE | 5 | Mask used to blank out part of an image in a film so that another can be superimposed |
| 24% | REFORMPARTY | 11 | Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters |
| 24% | NOCOMMENT | 9 | Used in refusing to answer a question |
| 23% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 23% | MAIL | 4 | Shipping method used by Jim to send Dwight's desk to New Mexico as a prank in "The Office" |
| 23% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the object found by connecting the four circled letters in a diamond |
| 23% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 23% | REED | 4 | Used in 13 Across to produce a tone |
| 23% | IMHO | 4 | Letters preceding a personal viewpoint in a text |
| 23% | HTTP | 4 | Letters preceding ://www in a URL |
| 23% | HUG | 3 | O, in a letter |
| 23% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 23% | THX | 3 | Quick way to express gratitude in a tweet |
| 23% | CHATSPEAK | 9 | Internet language used in online forums |
| 23% | LOGO | 4 | Image used to represent a company |
| 22% | EMOJI | 5 | One way to express feeling in a text message |
| 22% | SOS | 3 | Letters sent by a boat in distress |
| 22% | RESIGNED | 8 | To have quit a job, by letter |
| 22% | UNHURT | 6 | O.K. to play, in a way |
| 22% | ALIVE | 5 | "It's ___!" quote used by Gingy in "Shrek" that is a reference to "Frankenstein" |
| 22% | CBS | 3 | Network that had a logo of a spotlight illuminating letters, but changed in '51 to one inspired by a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign |