| 100% | FROSTEDTIPS | 11 | Spiky, bleached hairstyle ... or what the puzzle circles represent |
| 60% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 56% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 55% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 52% | CORPORATEBONDS | 14 | Capital-raising vehicles, or what the circled letters represent |
| 51% | JUGGLINGPINS | 12 | 51-Down's talent ... or what the circled squares represent? |
| 49% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 49% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 49% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 48% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 47% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 47% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 46% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 46% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 45% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 45% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? |
| 43% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 43% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 43% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 43% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 42% | RAISEARUCKUS | 12 | Cause commotion ... or what the circled letters do? |
| 42% | STANDUPGUYS | 11 | Honest sorts ... or what the circled squares contain? |
| 42% | SPRINGFORWARDFALLBACK | 21 | Timely mnemonic, or what the circled letters depict |
| 42% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 42% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 42% | SUN | 3 | What the gods Ra, Sol, Surya, or Apollo represent |
| 41% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 41% | WATERFALLS | 10 | What the circles in this puzzle hold |
| 41% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Command to bypass a recap of prior episodes ... and what the puzzle circles do |