| 100% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 72% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 66% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 63% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 62% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 62% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 62% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 62% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 60% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 59% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 57% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 57% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 57% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 56% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 55% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 54% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 54% | ABRIDGED | 8 | Shortened, and what the letters removed from eight novels in this puzzle spell out |
| 53% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 53% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 53% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 53% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 53% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 52% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 52% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 52% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 52% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 51% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |