| 100% | SILVERLINING | 12 | Upside of 9-Across/65-Across ... and, chemically speaking, what each pair of circles represents |
| 50% | BABYBUMP | 8 | Expectant sign, and what each group of circles represents |
| 47% | TAXBRACKET | 10 | Earnings division, and what each trio of circled letters represents |
| 47% | LONGGONE | 8 | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| 46% | FISHHOOK | 8 | Device at the end of the line, and what each set of circled letters represents |
| 46% | LEAF | 4 | Preceded by 1-, 9- and 65-Across, what each circled word literally suggests |
| 45% | SPLIT | 5 | With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles |
| 44% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 41% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 41% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 41% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 41% | COMPUTERCOMPANY | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 27- and 48-Across each represent |
| 41% | MIDDLESCHOOL | 12 | Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? |
| 40% | HIDDENVALLEY | 12 | Salad dressing brand ... and what each set of circles reveals |
| 40% | JOBTURNOVER | 11 | Human resources concern, and what each set of circled letters reveals |
| 40% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| 39% | SHELTERINPLACE | 14 | Way to stay safe ... or what each set of circles represents vis-à-vis its answer |
| 39% | STEPMOM | 7 | Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents? |
| 39% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 39% | INSIDEVOICE | 11 | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| 39% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 39% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 38% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 38% | STRETCHEDTHIN | 13 | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| 38% | CANDYWRAPPERS | 13 | Halloween discards, and what the three sets of circles represent? |
| 38% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Tennis format with man-and-woman pairs ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 38% | SKISLOPES | 9 | Spots for moguls, and what happens in each set of circles |
| 38% | VERTEX | 6 | What each of this puzzle's circled squares represents |
| 38% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 37% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |