| 100% | CARPE | 5 | With 11-Down, motto of Horace |
| 63% | EAT | 3 | With 11-Down, preceders of "be merry" |
| 63% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle |
| 63% | GET | 3 | With 11-Down, become a part of |
| 61% | IMNOBODY | 8 | With 11-Down, start of an Emily Dickinson verse |
| 57% | ALFA | 4 | With 11 Down, Italian sports carmaker |
| 57% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 50% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 50% | FRED | 4 | With 25 Down, source of quote |
| 50% | HAT | 3 | With 36 Down, show of gratitude |
| 50% | RADIAL | 6 | With 58 Down, type of auto wheel |
| 50% | DOG | 3 | With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort |
| 50% | ALAN | 4 | With 84 Down, portrayer of Severus Snape |
| 50% | PIANO | 5 | With 5 Down, type of orchestral work |
| 49% | DEBT | 4 | With 11 Down, much-debated political limit ... and what the puzzle's circled squares compose? |
| 49% | ALPHA | 5 | With 11-Down, leaders |
| 49% | SLAM | 4 | With 11-Down, bash |
| 49% | HOITY | 5 | With 11-Down, snobbish |
| 49% | ERNO | 4 | With 30 Down, inventor of a twistable toy |
| 49% | FEFI | 4 | With 104 Down, a warning of sorts |
| 48% | JANE | 4 | With 11-Down, Brontë heroine |
| 48% | RICKS | 5 | With 11-Down, "Casablanca" site |
| 48% | IRON | 4 | With 11-Down, prehistoric period |
| 48% | PRAIRIE | 7 | With 11-Down, barking rodent |
| 48% | PORE | 4 | With 11-Down, study intently |
| 48% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | OLIVE | 5 | With 5 Down, liquid ingredient of 6 Down |
| 48% | WOMEN | 5 | With 19 Down, message of a 1960s feminist movement |
| 48% | ROY | 3 | With 29 Down, ''The King of Country Music'' |
| 48% | SANTA | 5 | With 17 Down, city north of San Francisco |