| 100% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 57% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 56% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 55% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 54% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 54% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | HAMLET | 6 | Speaker of the quote that's found in the middle of the starred answers |
| 53% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 53% | DREIDEL | 7 | Spinning top whose four sides bear the Hebrew letters found in this puzzle's circles |
| 53% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 52% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 52% | FALLINGRAIN | 11 | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| 51% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 50% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | MIXEDSIGNALS | 12 | Communication confusion ... or what's literally found in this puzzle's three sets of circles |
| 50% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 49% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 48% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 48% | SERPENTINE | 10 | Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 47% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 47% | SIDESOFBEEF | 11 | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 47% | STUFFEDPEPPERS | 14 | Tex-Mex fare found with increasing spiciness in this puzzle's circled letters? |