| 100% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 50% | RSAILSPLITTER | 13 | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| 48% | FOURWAYSTOPS | 12 | They can make you take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 47% | SPINNINGTOPS | 12 | You can make them take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 47% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 46% | LANDSLIDES | 10 | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| 44% | NONNEGATIVE | 11 | Zero or greater, or a description of the circled letters, which do not affect the meanings of the answers |
| 42% | SECRETSANTA | 11 | Anonymous December figure ... and a description of the circled squares? |
| 42% | CHANGINGTABLES | 14 | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| 41% | SOULCYCLE | 9 | Spin class company ... and what can describe the arrangement of letters in the circled squares? |
| 41% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 40% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Bourgeoisie ... or a description of each group of circled letters? |
| 39% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | Baseball position ... or a description of each group of circled letters? |
| 39% | USOPENS | 7 | Annual tournaments ... or a description of the starts of 16-, 20-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across? |
| 39% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 39% | COLDPLUNGE | 10 | Post-workout water therapy option, or a description of the ends of 1-, 4-, and 7-Down |
| 38% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 38% | GOCOASTTOCOAST | 14 | Travel cross-country … or a description of what 16-, 23- and 43-Across do? |
| 38% | DRESSINLAYERS | 13 | Autumn-weather advice for staying comfortable, or a description of each set of circled letters |
| 38% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |
| 38% | FOOTBRIDGES | 11 | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| 38% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 37% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | 1984 supernatural movie with a 2016 reboot ... or a description of the black squares between the groups of circles? |
| 36% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 36% | THREE | 5 | With the circled letters, a literal depiction of what you need to win tic-tac-toe? |
| 36% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 36% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 36% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 36% | GREETINGCARDS | 13 | Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares |
| 35% | VICIOUSCYCLES | 13 | Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters |