| 100% | LINCOLN | 7 | With 124-Across, dedicated in October 1913, project represented by the 13 pairs of circled letters |
| 39% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 36% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 34% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | MEHDEINCANADA | 13 | Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily |
| 32% | CHEESEPULL | 10 | Seductive imagery in pizza ads, represented by the circled letters |
| 32% | PARTNERS | 8 | With the circled letters, investors not involved in the management of their businesses |
| 32% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 31% | SINE | 4 | Function represented by the circled letters |
| 31% | OFFONALARK | 10 | What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across |
| 31% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 31% | SUDOKU | 6 | With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents |
| 30% | MONO | 4 | With 69-Across, what each set of letters in parentheses represents |
| 30% | TWELVE | 6 | Number represented by the letters XII in Roman numerals |
| 30% | SEVEN | 5 | Number represented by the letters VII in Roman numerals |
| 30% | FORTYNINE | 9 | Number represented by the letters XLIX in Roman numerals |
| 30% | NINETY | 6 | Number represented by the letters XC in Roman numerals |
| 30% | SEVENTY | 7 | Number represented by the letters LXX in Roman numerals |
| 30% | EIGHT | 5 | Number represented by the letters VIII in Roman numerals |
| 30% | THOUSAND | 8 | Number represented by the letter M in Roman numerals |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Number represented by the letter X in Roman numerals |
| 30% | OWE | 3 | Word represented by the middle letter of 22-Down |
| 30% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 30% | MUSTACHE | 8 | What each set of circled letters in this grid represents |
| 30% | PUPA | 4 | Life stage originally represented by the circled letters, prior to metamorphosis |
| 30% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |