| 100% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | This puzzle's circled letters, for the words that precede them |
| 63% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 52% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 50% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 50% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 49% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 47% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 47% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 45% | THREE | 5 | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | 1968 hit for the Troggs, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle's perimeter words |
| 45% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 44% | SAIDNOONEEVER | 13 | Words dismissing the statement that preceded them |
| 44% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 44% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 43% | ACME | 4 | Synonym for the first word in this puzzle's title |
| 43% | FORGERY | 7 | Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle's seven works |
| 43% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | FIDDLER | 7 | Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly |
| 42% | THEME | 5 | Discovering the word at 67-Across, for this puzzle |
| 42% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | AFRICA | 6 | Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found |
| 42% | SCRAMBLE | 8 | Word puzzle that mixes up all the letters |
| 41% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | TREE | 4 | Thing depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | SHOE | 4 | Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | WHEREISTHETHEME | 15 | Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |