| 100% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| 96% | DONOTBEND | 9 | Mail instruction sometimes ignored, as suggested by the words in this puzzle's circles |
| 95% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 95% | ASHOWABOUTNOTHING | 17 | Description of the TV series spelled out in the circled squares (as well as this puzzle's theme) |
| 93% | EAR | 3 | In one ___ and out the other (how a word may travel through someone's brain--or through this puzzle grid) |
| 89% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 89% | WEDDING | 7 | Event where one may hear the song colloquially known as "Here Comes the Bride," the melody of which is shown in the circled notes when played in F major |
| 87% | SPLITTINGTHEATOM | 16 | Scientific feat first accomplished in 1932, as well as seven times in this puzzle |
| 87% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 87% | WATCHYOURSTEP | 13 | "Look out!" ... and warning when encountering the circled things in this puzzle |
| 87% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 86% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 86% | OHFOURTUNA | 10 | Apt exclamation from 42-Across upon noticing the contents of the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 84% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 84% | SALADDAYS | 9 | Youthful time in one's life ... which this puzzle might harken solvers back to? |
| 83% | GRANDTOUR | 9 | Three-week bike race, such as the one featured in this puzzle |
| 83% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 83% | TRACTORBEAMS | 12 | Science fiction energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 83% | HAND | 4 | Poker holding ... like the one spelled out in the letters that cut this puzzle's circled cards |
| 83% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 83% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 83% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 83% | DROPDOWNMENU | 12 | Options at the top of a computer window … as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 82% | VIBESHIFTS | 10 | Big changes in the Zeitgeist, as suggested by the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 81% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 81% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 81% | TENANTS | 7 | Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 81% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 81% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 81% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |