| 100% | PARALLELOGRAM | 13 | What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order |
| 50% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 49% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 49% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 49% | FIN | 3 | Shape made by connecting the grid's circled squares in appropriate order |
| 48% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 47% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 47% | SURPRISEPARTIES | 15 | Celebrations planned in secrecy ... or what's revealed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 46% | FIVEDOLLARWORDS | 15 | Fancy-schmancy language ... or the contents of some special squares in this puzzle |
| 46% | TENCIENTS | 9 | Total value of the symbols created by the special crossings in this puzzle |
| 46% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 46% | BALLOON | 7 | Party staple suggested by connecting this puzzle's special squares |
| 46% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 46% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 45% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 45% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 45% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 44% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 44% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 44% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Global warming calculation whose shape is suggested by connecting 14 squares in this puzzle in a closed loop based on the appropriate 23-Across |
| 44% | SUN | 3 | What's been fully "eclipsed" by 8-Across in this puzzle |
| 44% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 43% | RATEHIKE | 8 | Step taken by the Federal Reserve to manage inflation . . . and what’s illustrated by this puzzle’s circled squares |
| 42% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 42% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 42% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |