| 100% | COFFEEBREAK | 11 | Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 65% | ITSRAININGCATSANDDOGS | 21 | Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Setting for a 20-Across ... as represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 49% | CHOCOLATECHIPCOOKIE | 19 | Treat represented visually by this puzzle's answer |
| 48% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | Photographer's request … as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 47% | VINCENT | 7 | With 50-Across, Dutch painter represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | TREE | 4 | Thing depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | SHOE | 4 | Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | WHEREISTHETHEME | 15 | Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 46% | ENIGMAVARIATIONS | 16 | Work by Sir Edward Elgar hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 45% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | CONGRATULATIONS | 15 | First part of a message suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | WHATSFORDESSERT | 15 | Dinner table question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | THEROUNDSONME | 13 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 44% | ONIONDOME | 9 | Architectural feature depicted by this puzzle's arching circled letters |
| 44% | MINARETS | 8 | Architectural features depicted by this puzzle's vertical circled letters |
| 44% | FIDDLER | 7 | Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly |
| 44% | BEETHOVENSFIFTH | 15 | Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares |
| 44% | XRAYVISION | 10 | Superpower represented by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 44% | THELOCUSTTREEINFLOWER | 21 | 1935 poem with one word per line ... as spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | SPYVSSPY | 8 | Long-running Mad feature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 43% | FEATHERONESNEST | 15 | Gather wealth by exploitation ... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 43% | FINGERS | 7 | With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 43% | OUTERWEAR | 9 | Garment fittingly represented by this puzzle's circles |