| 100% | STUFFEDPEPPERS | 14 | Tex-Mex fare found with increasing spiciness in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 47% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 46% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 44% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 44% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | AFRICA | 6 | Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found |
| 42% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 39% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 38% | SIDESOFBEEF | 11 | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 38% | DREIDEL | 7 | Spinning top whose four sides bear the Hebrew letters found in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 37% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of words in this puzzle beginning with the letter "C" |
| 36% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 36% | FINGERS | 7 | With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 36% | WORKAROUND | 10 | Temporary fix, or what's found in this puzzle's circles |
| 35% | STRINGTRIO | 10 | Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles |
| 35% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 35% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |