| 100% | SEWING | 6 | This machine has a presser, needle and winder |
| 44% | EYE | 3 | Needle and potato have this feature in common |
| 43% | AFGHAN | 6 | This hound has a long silky coat and curled tail |
| 43% | ECLECTIC | 8 | Having a little of this and a little of that |
| 41% | CAROLINA | 8 | The US has a North and South version of this state |
| 41% | HYPEFEET | 8 | MC Hammer has a "mind to rhyme" and two of these |
| 41% | CADILLAC | 8 | This car brand has an Escalade and a CT5 |
| 39% | STIRCRAZY | 9 | Having cabin fever ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | What a potato and a needle have in common |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | What a needle and potato have in common |
| 38% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 38% | URSA | 4 | This bear constellation has a major and a minor |
| 37% | TOASTER | 7 | This brave sentient appliance had a book and movie |
| 36% | BACKUPBANDS | 11 | Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | FOLIC | 5 | Legumes and asparagus have a concentrated amount of this acid |
| 36% | TURBINE | 7 | Any various machine having a rotor |
| 35% | TEAR | 4 | "This has suffered a lot of wear and ___" |
| 35% | SOW | 3 | This owner has a pig |
| 35% | SUMP | 4 | This umpire has a receptacle |
| 35% | WARM | 4 | Have a ___ and fuzzy feeling |
| 35% | TESLAS | 6 | Cars which had a beta software release in April this year, that now allows automatic recognition and stopping at stop signs |
| 35% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 35% | ELEPHANT | 8 | This mammal has a long trunk |
| 35% | EGG | 3 | Has a white and a yolk |
| 34% | ARTY | 4 | Having a goatee and beret, say |
| 34% | ELFIN | 5 | Having a slim and delicate build |
| 34% | RUGGED | 6 | Having a rocky and uneven surface |
| 34% | POISED | 6 | Having a graceful and elegant bearing |
| 34% | ULAR | 4 | The off-again, on-again (currently off!), Sunda Strait Bridge would have a 3 mile first span between Java and this island |
| 34% | INES | 4 | To date, only the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima have earned a seven on this rating system (abbr.) |