| 100% | WORD | 4 | Something containing letters and syllables |
| 43% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 43% | MAIL | 4 | Letters and postcards sent through the postal service ... and something that is delivered to your house |
| 42% | HINTS | 5 | "It has one syllable" and "Its fourth letter is T" |
| 40% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 39% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 38% | MAIL | 4 | Letters and packages |
| 38% | MAIL | 4 | Letters and such |
| 38% | POST | 4 | Letters and parcels |
| 38% | MAILS | 5 | Letters and parcels |
| 37% | POST | 4 | Letters and parcels delivered |
| 37% | LITTLEBLACKBOOK | 15 | Something containing many single numbers? |
| 37% | MAIL | 4 | Letters and bills and such |
| 36% | AIRMAIL | 7 | Letters and packages sent by plane |
| 36% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Letters and tiles, spelling board game |
| 36% | AONE | 4 | Letter and number that means outstanding |
| 35% | WROTE | 5 | Formed letters and words |
| 35% | SOUNDOUT | 8 | Pronounce, as syllables ... and what's spelled by the letters you hear from the asterisked answers' deleted syllables |
| 35% | SHH | 3 | "Silence!"...or something some of the letters in 13a, 14a, 33a, 20d, and 23d need you to follow |
| 35% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Biblical phrase in Lincoln's historic 6/16/1858 speech, and what each set of circled letters contains |
| 35% | DOTTED | 6 | Like some letters and lines |
| 35% | SILENT | 6 | Like some letters and partners |
| 34% | ARTS | 4 | — and letters |
| 34% | SPOONERISMS | 11 | What 18-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across all are (whose circled letters name something used with the base phrases) |
| 34% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Puzzle with letters and black squares |
| 34% | KEYBOARD | 8 | Laptop component with letters and numbers |
| 34% | SCENTED | 7 | Like some love letters and candles |
| 34% | DIETSODA | 8 | Something light and soft? |
| 34% | EVEN | 4 | Something flat and smooth |
| 34% | SHOE | 4 | Something bought and soled |