| 100% | PTO | 3 | Letters telling a reader to turn a page (abbrev.) |
| 46% | STOP | 4 | What a period tells the reader to do |
| 45% | IGOTONE | 7 | "My turn to tell a joke" |
| 43% | THEOTHERAMERICA | 15 | Read the first letter in each clue to get a quote from this '67 speech |
| 42% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a beginning reader |
| 42% | UPTOAPOINT | 10 | Partly, and a hint to how to read the circled letters |
| 41% | LITERATE | 8 | Able to read a letter I rewrote |
| 41% | BANANAGRAMS | 11 | Popular word game, or, read differently, a hint to the circled letters |
| 40% | EYETEST | 7 | Examination where you're asked to read letters from a distance: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MOANS | 5 | Sounds from a child after they're told to turn off the TV, maybe |
| 40% | GPS | 3 | Navigation aid that may tell a driver to make a U-turn, for short |
| 40% | SPINE | 5 | What you might turn your head sideways to read, in a bookstore |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Letters signifying a promise to repay a debt |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Letters indicating a promise to pay a debt |
| 39% | ACTIVATE | 8 | To turn a device on |
| 38% | COMMAND | 7 | Telling a computer to do something |
| 38% | BOOKMARK | 8 | A way to pause between pages |
| 38% | IOU | 3 | Letters indicating a promise to pay |
| 37% | DOGWHEEL | 8 | Treadmill used by a canine to turn a spit |
| 37% | NARRATE | 7 | Tell a story to a crowd, say |
| 37% | EATUP | 5 | Tell a child to finish their meal |
| 37% | ALEE | 4 | Way to turn a ship |
| 37% | DOORKNOB | 8 | Handle to turn a latch |
| 37% | STLOUISMISSOURI | 15 | City with a landmark spelled out by the circled letters, reading left to right |
| 37% | RANBY | 5 | Told in order to get a quick opinion |
| 37% | CAPSIZE | 7 | To turn a boat over in the water |
| 37% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Letter that women send to end a relationship |
| 37% | ALEE | 4 | One way to turn a ship |
| 37% | ALEE | 4 | One way to turn a vessel |
| 37% | ALEE | 4 | One way to turn a boat |