| 100% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 56% | INNERCORE | 9 | Earth's most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 51% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 49% | GOUNDERCOVER | 12 | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 47% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 46% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 44% | MIXEDSIGNALS | 12 | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| 44% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 43% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 42% | ISLANDRETREATS | 14 | Vacation spots found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 41% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 41% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 41% | SURPRISETEST | 12 | Unexpected classroom announcement ... and, initially, one hiding in each set of puzzle circles |
| 40% | BELTBUCKLE | 10 | Clothing accessory, perhaps ... or what you can see in each of four groups of circles? |
| 40% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 39% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant, or what you'll find in each set of circled letters |
| 37% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 37% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 37% | LIEUNDEROATH | 12 | Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzle |
| 37% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant thing, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 37% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 36% | COMPRESSEDAIR | 13 | Gas station supply ... or what can be found eight times in this puzzle? |
| 36% | DREAMSEQUENCE | 13 | Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle's circles |
| 36% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 36% | TREETOPS | 8 | Canopy creators ... or what can literally be found in 6-, 10-, 24- and 34-Down |
| 36% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 36% | COMPACTCARS | 11 | Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 36% | SQUAREDANCE | 11 | Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? |
| 36% | HIDDENTAX | 9 | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |