| 100% | CHEESEPULL | 10 | Seductive imagery in pizza ads, represented by the circled letters |
| 57% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 51% | SINE | 4 | Function represented by the circled letters |
| 48% | PUPA | 4 | Life stage originally represented by the circled letters, prior to metamorphosis |
| 47% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | OFFONALARK | 10 | What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across |
| 45% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 45% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | TWELVE | 6 | Number represented by the letters XII in Roman numerals |
| 45% | SEVEN | 5 | Number represented by the letters VII in Roman numerals |
| 45% | FORTYNINE | 9 | Number represented by the letters XLIX in Roman numerals |
| 45% | NINETY | 6 | Number represented by the letters XC in Roman numerals |
| 45% | SEVENTY | 7 | Number represented by the letters LXX in Roman numerals |
| 45% | EIGHT | 5 | Number represented by the letters VIII in Roman numerals |
| 45% | THOUSAND | 8 | Number represented by the letter M in Roman numerals |
| 45% | TEN | 3 | Number represented by the letter X in Roman numerals |
| 45% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 44% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 43% | HEAVEN | 6 | Classic Led Zeppelin song represented by the ascending circled letters and this answer |
| 43% | HELL | 4 | Classic AC/DC song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer |
| 43% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 42% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 42% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 40% | BANANA | 6 | Fruit depicted by the circled letters |