| 100% | EDITED | 6 | Made a correction to a draft of an essay, e.g. |
| 45% | EDITS | 5 | Makes changes to an essay draft, say |
| 43% | REACT | 5 | Respond to a piece of news, for e.g. |
| 42% | RATE | 4 | Give a G or an M to, e.g. |
| 41% | OVERTURE | 8 | The opening to a piece of music, e.g. The 1812 __ |
| 40% | AIDE | 4 | An assistant to a senator, e.g. |
| 40% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DUG | 3 | Prepared to make a sandcastle, e.g. |
| 39% | ACCESSORY | 9 | An add-on to an outfit e.g. a handbag or earrings |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | Revise the first draft of an essay, say |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | Make changes to a draft, say |
| 39% | TIMELAPSEPHOTO | 14 | Image of a plant growing from a seed to a sapling, e.g. |
| 38% | TRANSMUTE | 9 | Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, e.g.? |
| 38% | FLIPPHONE | 9 | Motorola Razr, e.g., and a hint to each set of circles |
| 38% | SHOESIZE | 8 | Information needed to order a pair of Nikes, e.g. (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KINESIS | 7 | Activity of an organism in response to light, e.g. |
| 38% | PARADIGMSHIFT | 13 | Transition to a heliocentric model of the universe, e.g. |
| 38% | IDEAL | 5 | 10 on a scale of 1 to 10, e.g. |
| 38% | AMENDING | 8 | Making changes to a piece of legal text |
| 37% | GEOTAG | 6 | Add a location to an online message, e.g. a Tweet |
| 37% | TRICK | 5 | Guessing a number an audience member has thought of, e.g. |
| 37% | ALBUMS | 6 | Collections of songs by an artist, e.g. on a CD |
| 37% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 37% | EDIT | 4 | Make changes to an essay |
| 37% | EDITS | 5 | Makes changes to an essay |
| 37% | EDIT | 4 | Make fixes to an essay? |
| 37% | EDIT | 4 | Make corrections to an article |
| 37% | CODESWITCH | 10 | Say "See you mañana," e.g. ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 37% | LAPTOP | 6 | Notebook, e.g. ... or an alternative to a spiral notebook in class |
| 37% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |