| 100% | FOUNDMONEY | 10 | Unexpected wallet fattener ... and what the circled words are |
| 52% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 51% | THROWNFORALOOP | 14 | *Bamboozled ... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? |
| 50% | BLOCKPARTIES | 12 | Neighborhood social events ... and what the four sets of circles are? |
| 50% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 49% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 48% | HOLDINGPATTERNS | 15 | Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 48% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 48% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 47% | SAGAWARDS | 9 | Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? |
| 47% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 46% | SHELLCOMPANIES | 14 | Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters |
| 46% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 46% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 46% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 45% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 45% | SEQUOIA | 7 | What is the only seven-letter word to use all five vowels and Q? |
| 44% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 44% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 44% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 44% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 43% | SEALEDWITHAKISS | 15 | Love letter message often accompanied by a lipstick mark, and what the answers to the starred clues are, thanks to their circled letters |
| 43% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |
| 43% | INSIDEJOKES | 11 | You might not get them, and what the circles contain |
| 43% | HORSETRAILERS | 13 | Equestrian transport vehicles, and what the last words of 20-, 25-, and 45-Across can be |
| 43% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 43% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 43% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 43% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 43% | KELLYLINK | 9 | "White Cat, Black Dog" author ... and what the circled squares represent? |