| 100% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 35% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 33% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 33% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 32% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 31% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 31% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 31% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | PIE | 3 | "American ___," teen film starring Jason Biggs ... and a traditional Thanksgiving dessert whose ingredients can be found in this puzzle |
| 30% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 29% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 29% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 29% | UNDERASPELL | 11 | Hypnotized ... and where a synonymous nine-letter word can be found in the grid |
| 29% | 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 |
| 28% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 28% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 28% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 28% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 28% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 28% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 28% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the man (born 2/12/1809) who gave the address at 18-Across, issued the 28-Across/45-Across, was the first elected president of the 60-Across Party, and whose name can be found in this puzzle's main diagonal |
| 28% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 28% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 27% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 27% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 27% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |