| 100% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Share good fortune, as suggested in four sets of circles |
| 48% | FIVEGOLDENRINGS | 15 | One set of gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas" ... as suggested by the circled squares? |
| 43% | ALONGLEASH | 10 | Lots of freedom, as illustrated in each set of circles |
| 40% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 39% | HEADTOTOE | 9 | Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | BLOCKPARTIES | 12 | Neighborhood social events ... and what the four sets of circles are? |
| 37% | CHANGEDONESMIND | 15 | Decided otherwise ... or a hint to the four sets of circled letters |
| 37% | STRINGQUARTET | 13 | Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? |
| 36% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 36% | DOMEPATROL | 10 | 15a was a part of this four-man linebacking corps known as the best in NFL history: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CONTINENTALDRIFT | 16 | Land movement spanning millennia ... or what each set of circles suggests |
| 36% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 36% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | MELD | 4 | Set of matching cards, as in Canasta or Gin Rummy |
| 35% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 34% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway, set in the Spanish Civil War and is regarded as one of his best works |
| 34% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 33% | TSOTSI | 6 | Best Foreign Film of 2005 set in South Africa |
| 33% | PIECEOFTHEPIE | 13 | One's share, as in a fortune |
| 33% | RACK | 4 | One of four in a Scrabble set |
| 33% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 33% | WILD | 4 | "The Witcher 3: ___ Hunt," one of the best-selling video games released in 2015 that is set in the fantasy world known as the Continent |
| 33% | ENNEAD | 6 | Set of nine persons or things such as the — of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology |
| 33% | TILERACK | 8 | One of four in a typical Scrabble set |
| 32% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 32% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | “Love Will Tear Us Apart” band . . . and a hint to each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 32% | DONOTBEND | 9 | Mail instruction sometimes ignored, as suggested by the words in this puzzle's circles |
| 32% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |