| 100% | FOURWAYSTOPS | 12 | They can make you take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 94% | SPINNINGTOPS | 12 | You can make them take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 60% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 56% | LANDSLIDES | 10 | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |
| 48% | FOOTBRIDGES | 11 | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| 47% | SECRETSANTA | 11 | Anonymous December figure ... and a description of the circled squares? |
| 47% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 47% | RSAILSPLITTER | 13 | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| 45% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 44% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | NONNEGATIVE | 11 | Zero or greater, or a description of the circled letters, which do not affect the meanings of the answers |
| 43% | TRIALBYFIRE | 11 | Pressure-filled ordeal, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the left side of the puzzle |
| 43% | TAKEBYSTORM | 11 | Rapidly achieve success in, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words at the top of the puzzle |
| 42% | SPEAKSUP | 8 | Makes oneself heard, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 42% | CONTAINERSHIP | 13 | Vessel transporting standard-sized cargo units, and a description of each set of circled letters |
| 42% | SELLBYDATES | 11 | Labels on grocery store products, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the right side of the puzzle |
| 42% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| 41% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | FLAMES | 6 | They make the flares and flickers of a fire |
| 40% | CHANGINGTABLES | 14 | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| 40% | THREE | 5 | With the circled letters, a literal depiction of what you need to win tic-tac-toe? |
| 40% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 40% | CHANGEDIRECTION | 15 | Take a different route, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | SOWSEAR | 7 | You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
| 39% | OUTSIDESHOT | 11 | Low probability of success, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | OFFTOAFASTSTART | 15 | Quick out of the blocks, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | FRINGEELEMENTS | 14 | Radical members of a group, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | EXTREMEMEASURES | 15 | Desperate situations call for them, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | FATHERCHRISTMAS | 15 | Britain's equivalent of Santa, and a hint to the circled letters |