| 100% | CORPORATETEXAS | 14 | What many skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas represent? |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Houston and Dallas are in it: Abbr. |
| 43% | PRIVATEPRACTICE | 15 | What many doctors and lawyers work in |
| 42% | SHED | 4 | What many dogs do in the spring and fall |
| 40% | NBA | 3 | Dallas and Houston are in it, in brief |
| 37% | OILTOWNS | 8 | Houston and Dallas, historically |
| 37% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 36% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 36% | MAC | 3 | Guess what's the most popular cheese dish in the USA? "___ and cheese" |
| 35% | NOWINSITUATIONS | 15 | Tough spots to be in … or what 17-, 20-, 38- and 53-Across represent? |
| 35% | BAR | 3 | What a priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into, in many jokes |
| 35% | GEARSHIFTS | 10 | Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 34% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 34% | LONGGONE | 8 | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| 34% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 34% | PRAY | 4 | What many do in church |
| 34% | IRA | 3 | What many keep money in |
| 34% | EST | 3 | What most adjectives end in? |
| 34% | SHAPE | 5 | What most athletes are in |
| 34% | TAKENOTES | 9 | What most do in class |
| 34% | ISLAM | 5 | What most Chadians believe in |
| 33% | ASCETICS | 8 | What many monks and yogis are |
| 33% | SEPARATEINCOMES | 15 | What many married couples bring in |
| 33% | THEPARCHASE | 11 | What many golfers regularly engage in? |
| 33% | MEALPLAN | 8 | What many freshmen must enroll in |
| 33% | LAYERS | 6 | What many dress in during winter |
| 33% | ANI | 3 | What many Latin plurals end in |
| 33% | TURN | 4 | What many leaves do in autumn |
| 33% | MAJORKEYS | 9 | What many happy songs are in |
| 33% | ITALIAN | 7 | What many arias are sung in |