| 100% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 44% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 40% | SPOILSPORTS | 11 | Party poopers, or what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 40% | FSH | 3 | Answer to the riddle "What do you call a fish with no eyes?"... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 39% | MOVEDOVER | 9 | Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | FALLINGRAIN | 11 | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| 36% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 36% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 36% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 35% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 35% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 35% | SPINCLASSES | 11 | Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 35% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 34% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 34% | WORKSWITHOUTANET | 16 | Has no plan B … or, when parsed differently, what each of the starred clues does vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 34% | GETTHEMEMO | 10 | What you do when you discover this puzzle’s theme? |
| 34% | UTTERNONSENSE | 13 | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| 34% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 34% | SPREADTHEGOSPEL | 15 | Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do? |
| 34% | POST | 4 | What you do with a letter when sending it |
| 34% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 33% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Important meal, or what the circled letters do, if parsed another way |
| 33% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 33% | WORDSQUARE | 10 | Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | FILM | 4 | What each of this puzzle's songs also was, once you do the math |
| 33% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | What you might do after some financial trading ... or in this puzzle? |
| 33% | FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | 14 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? |
| 32% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |