| 100% | HARDC | 5 | The fourth letter of "circle," but not the first |
| 92% | SOFTC | 5 | The fourth letter of "cancel," but not the first |
| 92% | SILENTB | 7 | The fourth letter of "bomb," but not the first |
| 81% | SOFTC | 5 | The first letter of "circle" (but not the fourth) |
| 78% | SOFTG | 5 | The fifth letter of "garage," but not the first |
| 78% | SOFTG | 5 | The sixth letter of "garbage," but not the first |
| 75% | SOFTC | 5 | The fourth (but not the first) letter of "cancel" |
| 63% | DEE | 3 | First name that sounds like the fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 60% | TAU | 3 | First letter in the fourth quarter of the Greek alphabet |
| 58% | SOFTG | 5 | The first letter in "gigantic," but not the third |
| 57% | MAJORITY | 8 | With the circled letters, large but not often vocal voting bloc |
| 55% | SOFTC | 5 | The third letter of 13-Down (but not the second) |
| 53% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 52% | DEE | 3 | Fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 52% | DEE | 3 | Sound of the fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 52% | THA | 3 | Fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 52% | DELTA | 5 | Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 51% | PARTNERS | 8 | With the circled letters, investors not involved in the management of their businesses |
| 51% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 51% | DEE | 3 | Sound that the fourth letter of the English alphabet makes |
| 51% | DEE | 3 | Name that sounds like the fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 51% | GOD | 3 | Word in the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution |
| 50% | LOWERCASELETTER | 15 | The "e," but not the "B," of eBay |
| 50% | MUSICAL | 7 | “The Book of Mormon,” but not the Book of Mormon |
| 50% | DELTA | 5 | Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, or an airline |
| 49% | GOODRATING | 10 | First set of circled letters |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | First letters of the alphabet |
| 49% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 49% | DEE | 3 | Girl's name that sounds like the fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 49% | DIERESIS | 8 | Feature of the Brontë sisters but not the Brothers Grimm? |