| 100% | STEPMOM | 7 | Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents? |
| 66% | ALMOSTNEVER | 11 | Rarely ... or what each set of circled letters is? |
| 64% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 63% | FISHHOOK | 8 | Device at the end of the line, and what each set of circled letters represents |
| 62% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 61% | SHELTERINPLACE | 14 | Way to stay safe ... or what each set of circles represents vis-à-vis its answer |
| 59% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 58% | DAY | 3 | What each set of circled letters spells |
| 57% | MOUNTAINRANGE | 13 | What each set of circled letters spells ... and depicts |
| 55% | TAXBRACKET | 10 | Earnings division, and what each trio of circled letters represents |
| 55% | SQUAREDANCE | 11 | Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? |
| 55% | JOBTURNOVER | 11 | Human resources concern, and what each set of circled letters reveals |
| 55% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| 55% | CONTINENTALDRIFT | 16 | Land movement spanning millennia ... or what each set of circles suggests |
| 54% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant, or what you'll find in each set of circled letters |
| 54% | JOINT | 5 | What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents |
| 54% | BACKCOUNTRY | 11 | Rural area ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 54% | TROUBLEDWATERS | 14 | Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 53% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 53% | SPLITLEVELHOUSE | 15 | Common midcentury modern suburban home, or what is depicted by each set of circled letters |
| 53% | BORDERLAKE | 10 | It may be a boundary between neighboring countries ... or what each set of circles depicts? |
| 53% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 52% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 52% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 52% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Biblical phrase in Lincoln's historic 6/16/1858 speech, and what each set of circled letters contains |
| 51% | DRESSINLAYERS | 13 | Autumn-weather advice for staying comfortable, or a description of each set of circled letters |
| 51% | GANGOFFOUR | 10 | Faction in China's Cultural Revolution ... or a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | BROKENBAT | 9 | Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents |
| 51% | LONGGONE | 8 | Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents |
| 51% | MONO | 4 | With 69-Across, what each set of letters in parentheses represents |