| 100% | SPINCYCLE | 9 | Washing machine feature shown graphically in this puzzle's circles |
| 47% | TWISTINGONESARM | 15 | Using coercion, as shown in this puzzle's circles |
| 43% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 43% | STRINGTRIO | 10 | Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | SIDESOFBEEF | 11 | Butchers' stock literally found in this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | CHOCOLATESWIRLS | 15 | Ice cream features found, in a way, in this puzzle's circles |
| 40% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 40% | ABS | 3 | "Six-pack" found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | GHOST | 5 | Spirit featured in this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | ALTERATIONS | 11 | Adjustments provided by businesses specializing in this puzzle's circled word |
| 39% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |
| 39% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 38% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 38% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | IRS | 3 | Tax org. undergoing some "reform" in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 38% | COINS | 5 | Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle's six sets of circles |
| 38% | FALLINGRAIN | 11 | Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle's sets of circles |
| 38% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Classic character whose exploits inspired the phrase in this puzzle's circles |
| 38% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 38% | PRIDEPARADE | 11 | June celebration ... which is depicted in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 38% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | MAGI | 4 | Wise guys featured in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 37% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 37% | EVILQUEEN | 9 | She queried a magic object named twice in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 37% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | Mall workshop, and a hint to filling in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | DREAMSEQUENCE | 13 | Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |