| 100% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| 65% | ALMOSTNEVER | 11 | Rarely ... or what each set of circled letters is? |
| 64% | JOBTURNOVER | 11 | Human resources concern, and what each set of circled letters reveals |
| 64% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 63% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 63% | MIDDLESCHOOL | 12 | Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? |
| 61% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Biblical phrase in Lincoln's historic 6/16/1858 speech, and what each set of circled letters contains |
| 57% | DAY | 3 | What each set of circled letters spells |
| 56% | TWISTEDHUMOR | 12 | Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 56% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 55% | HIDDENVALLEY | 12 | Salad dressing brand ... and what each set of circles reveals |
| 54% | FISHHOOK | 8 | Device at the end of the line, and what each set of circled letters represents |
| 54% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters |
| 53% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 53% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 52% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 52% | SPICEMIX | 8 | Curry powder, e.g. ... and what each set of puzzle circles contains |
| 51% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 51% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 50% | TAXBRACKET | 10 | Earnings division, and what each trio of circled letters represents |
| 50% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 50% | CHANGEHANDS | 11 | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 49% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 49% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 49% | CRACKAJOKE | 10 | Say something funny, and what the sets of circled letters do |
| 49% | SPINATALE | 9 | Embellish the truth, and what the sets of circled letters do? |
| 49% | APIECEOFCAKE | 12 | "Nothing to it!," and what each circled letter literally is? |
| 49% | OLIVERTWIST | 11 | Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle? |
| 48% | SQUAREDANCE | 11 | Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? |
| 48% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |