| 100% | CARINTERIORS | 12 | Passenger compartments, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 71% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 70% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 69% | VIBECHECK | 9 | "How's everybody feeling?," e.g., and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 69% | CLOSINGSALE | 11 | Going-out-of-business bargain event, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 68% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 63% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Audiophile's setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 63% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 61% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Politically diverse ballot ... and an apt description of each set of puzzle circles |
| 58% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 58% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 57% | SKIPPINGROPE | 12 | Cord in some cardio workouts, or an apt description of each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | SHOWSUP | 7 | Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters |
| 53% | RANGEROVER | 10 | High-end SUV, and an apt description of each set of circled letters? |
| 52% | RISINGEDGES | 11 | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| 50% | CLAMBERS | 8 | Ascends awkwardly, and an anagram of this puzzle's circled word |
| 46% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's, and an apt description of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 46% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across |
| 46% | SOUNDSRIGHT | 11 | "That tracks," and an apt description of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across? |
| 45% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 45% | PASSINGCOMMENTS | 15 | Offhand remarks, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 35- and 53-Across |
| 45% | THATWASCOOL | 11 | "Nicely done!" and an apt description of 16-, 23-, 51-, and 59-Across |
| 45% | DOUBLETALK | 10 | Deliberately ambiguous language, and an apt description of 18-, 26-, and 46-Across |
| 45% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Guard aggressively, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 38-, and 50-Across |
| 45% | NOMDEPLUME | 10 | Literary alias, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 45% | ALLKIDDINGASIDE | 15 | "But seriously," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DAREDEVIL | 9 | Description of this puzzle's subject |
| 44% | NOLA | 4 | Mardi Gras city nickname, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | SERVICEANIMAL | 13 | Nonhuman helper, and a description of this puzzle's mascots? |