| 100% | APPLECORES | 10 | Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle's circles represent? |
| 69% | EXTREMEMEASURES | 15 | Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| 68% | ORBITS | 6 | What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent |
| 62% | FAMOUSCROSSINGS | 15 | What this puzzle's circled spaces represent |
| 60% | BREAKINGNEWS | 12 | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| 59% | TAILENDS | 8 | Final parts, and what this puzzle's circled letters create |
| 58% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 57% | MINISPLITS | 10 | Zoned climate control options, and what this puzzle's circled letters form |
| 57% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 56% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 56% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 55% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 54% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 54% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 53% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 53% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 51% | THIRTEENOLONIES | 15 | What this puzzle's special squares represent |
| 50% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 50% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 49% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 49% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 49% | ROCKTHEBOAT | 11 | Make waves, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 48% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 48% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 48% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 48% | CROSSWORDESE | 12 | What this puzzle's capitalized clues are, both by definition and pun |
| 47% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 47% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 47% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 46% | CAPITALGRIDLOCK | 15 | Legislative impasse ... and what occurs at this puzzle's circles? |