| 100% | ACORNSQUASH | 11 | Produce served in the fall (and see circles) |
| 45% | ORIGINALSIN | 11 | Nature seen in the fall? |
| 44% | ANDERSON | 8 | Gillian __ starred in The X Files and The Fall |
| 44% | DEADWYLER | 9 | Danielle, starred in The Harder They Fall and Till |
| 42% | LANNY | 5 | Lawyer Davis who served in the Clinton and Bush administrations |
| 42% | HELL | 4 | Classic AC/DC song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer |
| 41% | GENII | 5 | The conjurors' magazine, HQed in DC and magically produced since 1936 |
| 41% | VAAN | 4 | Fictional sky pirate created by Yasumi Matsuno and seen in the "Final Fantasy" series |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake in Canada and the US near Niagara Falls |
| 40% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 40% | NEWWORLDORDER | 13 | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 40% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 40% | ASEA | 4 | Serving in the navy |
| 40% | MINESTRONE | 10 | Serving in the Vatican |
| 40% | WIDESPREAD | 10 | Extensive ... and what's literally seen in this puzzle's circles |
| 40% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 40% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Storied locale for the circled letters in 8- and 65-Across |
| 40% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 40% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | ACTAS | 5 | Serve in the capacity of |
| 40% | ACTAS | 5 | Serve in the role of |
| 39% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 39% | LIONSDEN | 8 | Hostile place ... and where to find the circled animals in this puzzle |
| 39% | CHEESE | 6 | With 45-Across, savory topping found in tubs ... and the circled squares? |
| 39% | WATCHYOURSTEP | 13 | "Look out!" ... and warning when encountering the circled things in this puzzle |
| 39% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |
| 39% | PORE | 4 | Skin feature … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 39% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GTO | 3 | Car seen in the opening scene of "Dazed and Confused" |
| 39% | GEESE | 5 | They're seen going south in the fall |