| 100% | DISC | 4 | Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometry |
| 54% | DISK | 4 | Region bounded by a circle |
| 51% | SECTOR | 6 | Part of a circle bounded by two radii |
| 46% | ADRAMACRITICIS | 14 | Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters |
| 45% | CONTRAIL | 8 | Wake of cloud left by a fast plane in flight |
| 41% | IXION | 5 | Character in Greek mythology bound to a perpetually turning fiery wheel by Hermes on the orders of Zeus |
| 41% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 41% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 41% | SUSPECT | 7 | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 40% | PILOT | 5 | Person in charge of a plane |
| 40% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 40% | SKYJACKS | 8 | Takes control of a plane by force |
| 40% | SKYDIVE | 7 | Jump out of a plane in freefall |
| 40% | THREAD | 6 | In danger of failing, hanging by a __ |
| 39% | REFORMPARTY | 11 | Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters |
| 39% | FAIRYRING | 9 | Circle in a meadow caused by fungi |
| 38% | CALABRESE | 9 | Variety of green broccoli named after a region in Italy |
| 38% | MAYDAY | 6 | Distress call issued by a ship in need of help |
| 38% | DIMENSION | 9 | One of two in a plane |
| 38% | QUADRANT | 8 | One of four in a plane |
| 38% | ETSY | 4 | Online craft marketplace whose treatment of sellers was protested by a strike in April, 2022 |
| 38% | IMPLOSIVE | 9 | In phonetics, a consonant created by intake of air |
| 38% | THETA | 5 | Symbol for a plane angle, in geometry |
| 38% | DRAWINGACROWD | 13 | Making lots of circles in a cartoon? |
| 38% | CRECY | 5 | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War |
| 37% | CONGRATULATIONS | 15 | First part of a message suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | Woman who was tempted by a serpent in the Book of Genesis |
| 37% | ROUNDEL | 7 | In heraldry, a charge in the shape of a circle |
| 37% | COPILOT | 7 | A plane's second in command; anagram of top coil |
| 37% | GOFISH | 6 | Card game of matching cards in a circle |