| 100% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 47% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 41% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 37% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 37% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | Biological sequence, or what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 36% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 36% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 36% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | EXTRA | 5 | With 55-Down, kicker's contribution, and what's found in the circled letters |
| 36% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 36% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 35% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 35% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 35% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 35% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 35% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 34% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 34% | BROKENBONES | 11 | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SITONIT | 7 | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 34% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| 34% | MIXEDBREED | 10 | Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters |
| 34% | FRIEDRICE | 9 | Chinese menu standard, or what's literally found in the circled letters? |
| 33% | KARAOKESCREEN | 13 | One place to follow the object named in the circled letters (reading left to right) |