| 100% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Well wishes before a performance, and what you do by filling in the circles |
| 42% | GOROUNDANDROUND | 15 | What the filled-in circles do, in a tots' song |
| 41% | CREATEDAMONSTER | 15 | Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... or what you did after you filled in the shaded parts of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-Across? |
| 41% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 40% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Reversed an unfavorable situation, and what you did in the theme answers |
| 39% | FLIPYOURLID | 11 | Blow a gasket, and what we've done in the circled letters |
| 38% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 38% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 37% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 37% | FOLD | 4 | What you might do to shirts before putting them in a suitcase |
| 37% | OVERLAP | 7 | What the circles in a Venn diagram do |
| 37% | MAKEAFACE | 9 | Grimace, and what you can do by putting the ends of the starred answers together |
| 37% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 37% | FASHIONDESIGNERS | 16 | What you can do by rearranging the letters of 17- and 26-Across |
| 36% | DOTTEDTHEIS | 11 | Attended to details, and what you've done in five places if you've completed the puzzle |
| 36% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 36% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 35% | MAKEUPARTISTS | 13 | Some movie set workers … or what you do when filling in the shaded squares? |
| 35% | SOAKUPTHESUN | 12 | 2002 summer anthem from Sheryl Crow, and what the answers with circles do, in two ways |
| 35% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 35% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 35% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 35% | SIT | 3 | What you do in a chair |
| 35% | SWEAT | 5 | What you do in a sauna |
| 35% | READ | 4 | What you do in a library |
| 35% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 34% | DROPTHEBEAT | 11 | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| 34% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 34% | SEW | 3 | What you do with a needle and thread |
| 34% | MAKELEMONADE | 12 | What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |