| 100% | ATF | 3 | Org. whose letters are aptly found twice each in "anti-trafficking" |
| 57% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 55% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 50% | PASTRIES | 8 | Desserts whose letters can aptly be found in "patisserie" |
| 44% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose letters are found in order in spectrum |
| 43% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in "foreign satellite interception" |
| 42% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose initials are found in "unsafe," ironically |
| 41% | LOMAN | 5 | Arthur Miller protagonist whose name is aptly found in "megalomania" |
| 38% | GDFR | 4 | 2015 Flo Rida hit whose letters can be found sequentially in this puzzle's three longest entries |
| 38% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 38% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 38% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 38% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 37% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter whose name is found in "theta" and "beta" |
| 37% | ANTS | 4 | Tiny critters found twice each in 17-, 38- and 60-Across |
| 37% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 37% | PEELE | 5 | Director whose entire filmography is found in 13- and 19-Across (if you move one letter) |
| 36% | ANISE | 5 | Absinthe flavoring, whose letters are all in "absinthe" |
| 36% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 36% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 36% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 35% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | OUST | 4 | Overthrow, as a ruler, that can be aptly found in "joust" |
| 34% | SCI | 3 | US org. founded in '73 whose stated mission is to "protect the freedom to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation" (abbr.) |
| 34% | DNC | 3 | Org. whose email servers were hacked in 2016 |
| 34% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer-winning author whose name is found in nonconsecutive letters of "page turner" |
| 34% | OPEC | 4 | Org. whose product is measured in barrels |
| 33% | ASPCA | 5 | Org. whose founder exchanged acrimonious letters with P. T. Barnum |
| 33% | NIH | 3 | Org. whose Office of AIDS Research was established in 1988 |
| 33% | FAA | 3 | Org. whose plans are up in the air? |