| 100% | MIXEDBREED | 10 | Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters |
| 63% | FRIEDRICE | 9 | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| 55% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | Biological sequence, or what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 52% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 50% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 49% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 49% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 49% | FIGHTINGWORDS | 13 | "Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 46% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters |
| 46% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | LOOSECHANGE | 11 | It may be found under sofa cushions, or in the circled letters |
| 43% | CUTOUTOFWHOLECLOTH | 18 | Completely false, or what the letters between the circles are? |
| 43% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 43% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 43% | SEACHANGE | 9 | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| 43% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant, or what you'll find in each set of circled letters |
| 43% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 42% | MEATSUBSTITUTES | 15 | Vegetarian options … or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
| 42% | LIEUNDEROATH | 12 | Commit perjury ... or what literally can be found eight times in this puzzle |
| 41% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 41% | MIXEDSIGNALS | 12 | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| 41% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 41% | VOICEOVERARTIST | 15 | Animated film specialist, or what can be found literally three times in this puzzle |
| 41% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 41% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 40% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 40% | INNERCORE | 9 | Earth's most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 40% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |