| 100% | ETH | 3 | The four letters that Anglo Saxons used and we don't are ash, thorn, wynn and this one |
| 34% | GIFT | 4 | Traditional 61-Across surprise, aptly boxed, and spelled with the only four letters of the alphabet that don't appear elsewhere in this grid |
| 29% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 29% | ETC | 3 | E-ZPass as used on the MA Turnpike and VA's Midtown Tunnel/US Route 58 is one of these fee transfer systems |
| 29% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |
| 28% | CMS | 3 | Small measurements that are used both north and south of the US borders, for short |
| 28% | ENVELOPE | 8 | Stationery item for sending letters that's still the symbol for "messages" and "mails" despite not being in popular use |
| 27% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 27% | BLOOD | 5 | "Flesh and ___," 1970 single by Johnny Cash that was number one on the US Country Singles chart |
| 27% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 27% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 26% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 26% | GTO | 3 | Car model letters that have been used by Pontiac, Mitsubishi, and Ferrari |
| 26% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 26% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with the ones before and after it |
| 26% | RUNE | 4 | One of two letters that the Bluetooth logo is composed of |
| 26% | ENCANTO | 7 | We Don't Talk About Bruno is in this film |
| 26% | SWORDS | 6 | Weapons that are one of the four suits in tarot |
| 25% | CORE | 4 | Part of a big apple that the squirrels and crows will eat, even if you don't |
| 25% | BOATSWAIN | 9 | Word that can be shortened to four letters and two apostrophes |
| 25% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 25% | NSFW | 4 | "Don't click this while the boss is watching" letters |
| 25% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 25% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 25% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 25% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 25% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 25% | FOB | 3 | The tiny pocket that was at one point being used to carry a pocket watch |
| 25% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 25% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |