| 100% | REALITYTV | 9 | Shows like Survivor, The Circle are in this genre |
| 45% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 43% | DEGREES | 7 | The angles in a circle are measured in these |
| 42% | DETAILS | 7 | The devil is in these small, particular things |
| 42% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 42% | TORCH | 5 | This flame-bearing light source was shown in the hands of an athlete on the 2002 Olympic medal |
| 42% | APPEARED | 8 | Showed up, like the fruits in this puzzle |
| 42% | TIMES | 5 | "___ Like These," 2003 song by Foo Fighters that was featured in the TV series "One Tree Hill" |
| 41% | EATEN | 5 | Like the plums in the poem "This Is Just To Say" |
| 41% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 40% | BOXED | 5 | Like some wine, as shown in the circled letters |
| 40% | LUGE | 4 | In this race, the runners are always behind |
| 40% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 40% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singer Demi Lovato was a judge in the second and third season of this music-based reality show: 3 wds. |
| 40% | DEHYDRATE | 9 | Being in the desert without water will do this |
| 40% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 40% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 40% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 40% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 40% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 39% | WATERFALLS | 10 | What the circles in this puzzle hold |
| 39% | PROGRESS | 8 | The first step in this is discontent |
| 39% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this |
| 39% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 39% | SLOTS | 5 | The circled reels wouldn't be a winner in them |
| 39% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 39% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this person |
| 39% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like words this clue the in? |
| 39% | MEANTIME | 8 | In the ___ (while this is happening) |