| 100% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 54% | OHFOURTUNA | 10 | Apt exclamation from 42-Across upon noticing the contents of the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 49% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Inadequate effort ... or the contents of six squares in this puzzle? |
| 49% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 48% | FIVEDOLLARWORDS | 15 | Fancy-schmancy language ... or the contents of some special squares in this puzzle |
| 47% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 47% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 45% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down |
| 44% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 43% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 43% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 43% | SINGSONG | 8 | Like the rhythm of a nursery rhyme |
| 42% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 42% | TARTS | 5 | The Queen of Hearts's output, in a nursery rhyme |
| 41% | INTERCHANGEABLE | 15 | Like the parts of this puzzle's toy, as depicted throughout the grid |
| 41% | CENTERSTAGE | 11 | Limelight site, and a hint to the positions of this puzzle's circled names |
| 41% | BASES | 5 | Contents of three squares in this puzzle, per an old comedy routine |
| 41% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 41% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 41% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares |