| 100% | POETSCORNER | 11 | Westminster Abbey section hinted at by this puzzle's architecture |
| 55% | INNERPEACE | 10 | Meditation goal hinted at by this puzzle's circles |
| 47% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 47% | ENIGMAVARIATIONS | 16 | Work by Sir Edward Elgar hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 45% | FEATHERONESNEST | 15 | Gather wealth by exploitation ... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares? |
| 45% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 43% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 42% | BIGGIRLSDONTCRY | 15 | 1962 #1 hit by the group hinted at in this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | THEME | 5 | What this puzzle's title hints at |
| 39% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | ADDAPINCHOFSALT | 15 | Cooking instruction hinting at this puzzle's theme? |
| 37% | ISAWESAUHESAWME | 15 | Tongue-twister phrase hinting at this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | JOHNLECARREBOOK | 15 | Theme of this puzzle, as hinted at by 17-, 23-, 45- and 59-Across |
| 35% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | MIDDLEEARTH | 11 | Tolkien’s imaginary world (that hints at this puzzle’s theme) |
| 34% | NORTH | 5 | Direction suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | BEATLEMANIA | 11 | Craze caused by this puzzle's subjects |
| 34% | ONETHIRTY | 9 | Setting depicted by this puzzle's grid |
| 34% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Game suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Locale suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | THOMASNAST | 10 | Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | TREE | 4 | Thing depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | SHOE | 4 | Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | UTAHSTATE | 9 | University suggested by this puzzle's black squares |
| 34% | WHEREISTHETHEME | 15 | Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game described by this puzzle's four racks |
| 34% | OUTERWEAR | 9 | Garment fittingly represented by this puzzle's circles |