| 100% | BARBECUESKEWER | 14 | Stick on a grill, or what passes through this puzzle's circled words? |
| 43% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |
| 42% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 40% | SEACREATURE | 11 | Aquatic denizen … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| 40% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | YOUAREHERE | 10 | Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | SHUFFLEBOARD | 12 | Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 37% | FIFTHWHEEL | 10 | Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle’s circled letters? |
| 36% | DRINKSALLAROUND | 15 | "It's on me!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | SPREADTHEGOSPEL | 15 | Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do? |
| 36% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 36% | SPOILSPORTS | 11 | Party poopers, or what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 36% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 36% | CRACKINGTHECODE | 15 | Arriving at an “Aha!” moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-à-vis its circled letters |
| 35% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 35% | KEBAB | 5 | It's stuck on a grill |
| 35% | FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | 14 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? |
| 35% | PASSINGLANE | 11 | It's left on a highway ... or a path used by five answers in this puzzle? |
| 34% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 34% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 34% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 34% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? |
| 34% | ASTEROID | 8 | What had a major impact on this puzzle's theme? |
| 34% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 34% | FAMOUSCROSSINGS | 15 | What this puzzle's circled spaces represent |
| 34% | FORMLETTERS | 11 | Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) |
| 34% | LOOKTHEOTHERWAY | 15 | Pretend not to notice, and a hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| 34% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 33% | MAGAZINEINSERTS | 15 | Perfume samples, maybe ... or what this puzzle's circles are |