| 100% | TEL | 3 | T as in AT&T |
| 70% | DAH | 3 | T as in telegraph? |
| 70% | TAU | 3 | T as in Thanatos |
| 68% | TRUE | 4 | T, as in tests |
| 66% | TAU | 3 | T, as in Timon of Athens |
| 66% | LOST | 4 | Beyond finding, as in at sea |
| 61% | POT | 3 | Amount at stake, as in poker |
| 58% | OPENS | 5 | Plays first, as in cards or at a concert |
| 56% | UTURN | 5 | Often-forbidden maneuver ... as hinted at four times in this puzzle |
| 55% | HITON | 5 | Showed interest in, as at a bar |
| 55% | EARNS | 5 | Takes in, as at the box office |
| 54% | SHOES | 5 | Clothing items sold in boxes, as hinted at by the shaded letters |
| 54% | TELEGRAPH | 9 | The second "t" in at&t |
| 54% | POPS | 4 | Doesn't blend in at all |
| 54% | AVAILABLE | 9 | ''At liberty,'' as in ''Variety'' |
| 52% | IDLED | 5 | Ran in place, as a car at a red light |
| 52% | REBAG | 5 | Put in a different sack, as at the grocery store |
| 52% | TRE | 3 | What you can't major in at MIT |
| 51% | ARENA | 5 | AT&T Center, in San Antonio |
| 50% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| 50% | PALED | 5 | ___ in comparison (wasn't as good) |
| 50% | ONELANE | 7 | Allowing cars in a single direction at a time, as a bridge |
| 50% | IPOD | 4 | Product touted as "a quantum leap in listening to music" at launch |
| 49% | WENTSLOW | 8 | Didn't rush things, as in a relationship |
| 49% | EVANS | 5 | T G —, England Test cricketer who hit 104 against India at Lord's in 1952 |
| 49% | ALDERMAN | 8 | T M —, Australia Test cricketer who took 6-47 against England at Brisbane in 1990 |
| 49% | LARGE | 5 | "Man at ___," 1941 mystery film in which George Reeves stars as Bob Grayson |
| 48% | PER | 3 | As in |
| 48% | AURA | 4 | What Kirlian photography, as used at the (unsanctioned) UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute in the 70's, attempted to visualize |
| 48% | TELCO | 5 | Corp. such as Verizon or AT&T |