| 100% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 44% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 43% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 43% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 43% | STRETCHEDTHIN | 13 | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| 41% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 41% | ODDJOB | 6 | Miscellaneous household task, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 41% | JOBTURNOVER | 11 | Human resources concern, and what each set of circled letters reveals |
| 41% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 40% | HIDDENVALLEY | 12 | Salad dressing brand ... and what each set of circles reveals |
| 40% | LONGGONE | 8 | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| 40% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 40% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 40% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 39% | SKISLOPES | 9 | Spots for moguls, and what happens in each set of circles |
| 39% | WALKONAIR | 9 | Experience elation, and, in a way, each set of circled letters |
| 39% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 39% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 38% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles |
| 38% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 38% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| 38% | BOXEDWINE | 9 | Party drink option, no corkscrew required ... and what's in each set of circles? |
| 37% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 37% | REFORMPARTY | 11 | Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters |
| 37% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 36% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | INSIDEVOICE | 11 | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| 36% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Biblical phrase in Lincoln's historic 6/16/1858 speech, and what each set of circled letters contains |
| 36% | RIGHTONRED | 10 | Legal turn at some intersections, and a turn in each set of circles in this puzzle |
| 36% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |