| 100% | TAKEBYSTORM | 11 | Rapidly achieve success in, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words at the top of the puzzle |
| 61% | TRIALBYFIRE | 11 | Pressure-filled ordeal, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the left side of the puzzle |
| 60% | SELLBYDATES | 11 | Labels on grocery store products, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the right side of the puzzle |
| 46% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous message at the top of a returned assignment ... and a hint to the beginning of four answers in this puzzle? |
| 46% | CHANGINGTABLES | 14 | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| 46% | FOOTBRIDGES | 11 | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| 45% | DIAGONALPARKING | 15 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words |
| 43% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 42% | DROPDOWNMENU | 12 | Options at the top of a computer window … as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 42% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 42% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 42% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 42% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 41% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 41% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Word at the top of a name tag |
| 41% | IDIOM | 5 | Figure of speech ... and a synonym of the puzzle's alternate title, spelled left to right in the circled squares |
| 40% | LANDSLIDES | 10 | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| 40% | SEEME | 5 | Ominous words at the top of a graded exam |
| 40% | TODO | 4 | Words at the top of a list of uncompleted tasks: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WHOA | 4 | Word at the start of the chorus in "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 39% | SECRETSANTA | 11 | Anonymous December figure ... and a description of the circled squares? |
| 39% | BIO | 3 | Description at the top of a Twitter profile |
| 39% | HEAD | 4 | Circle at the top of a stick figure |
| 39% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 39% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | RIGHTONRED | 10 | Legal turn at some intersections, and a turn in each set of circles in this puzzle |
| 39% | ITMEANSALOT | 11 | “That’s so nice of you” . . . and a literal description of the last word in 17-, 21-, 39-, or 57-Across |
| 38% | MIXEDFRUIT | 10 | Sweet snack, and a description of the first words of the starred answers |