| 100% | AMPERSAND | 9 | Logogram representing the conjunction ‘and’ |
| 53% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument representing the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 53% | OBOISTS | 7 | They represent the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 52% | OBOE | 4 | Musical instrument representing the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 52% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 52% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 52% | FLAGSHIP | 8 | The largest and best store representing a company |
| 51% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 51% | OBOE | 4 | Reed instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 49% | LOLOJONES | 9 | Athlete who represented the U.S. at both the Summer and Winter Olympics |
| 48% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 48% | CANDYWRAPPERS | 13 | Halloween discards, and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| 47% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 47% | COMPUTERCOMPANY | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 27- and 48-Across each represent |
| 47% | SELES | 5 | Retired tennis player Monica who represented Yugoslavia and the United States |
| 47% | KELLYLINK | 9 | "White Cat, Black Dog" author ... and what the circled squares represent? |
| 46% | TEXAS | 5 | ___ Longhorns, softball team that represents the University at Austin and is headed by coach Mike White |
| 46% | UAW | 3 | American labor union representing workers in the U.S. and Canada: Abbr. |
| 45% | SOLHEIMCUP | 10 | Tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the US |
| 45% | HEAVEN | 6 | Classic Led Zeppelin song represented by the ascending circled letters and this answer |
| 45% | HELL | 4 | Classic AC/DC song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer |
| 44% | TAO | 3 | Principle represented by the yin and yang |
| 44% | SAMHOUSTON | 10 | General and governor representing Texas in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CAPANDGOWN | 10 | Graduation garb ... or what the compound answers to 17-, 28- and 44-Across represent? |
| 43% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Dynamic basketball sequence represented by the starts of 17-, 23-, 30-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 42% | CMAJORSCALE | 11 | When strung together, musical sequence represented by the initials of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 42% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 41% | ASL | 3 | In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief |
| 39% | SELENE | 6 | Greek deity representing the moon |
| 39% | APOLLO | 6 | Greek deity representing the sun |