| 100% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 55% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 54% | VIBESHIFTS | 10 | Big changes in the Zeitgeist, as suggested by the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 53% | HEADTOTOE | 9 | Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | DONOTBEND | 9 | Mail instruction sometimes ignored, as suggested by the words in this puzzle's circles |
| 50% | SLIPPERY | 8 | With 68-Across, precarious situations, as suggested by the circled letters |
| 50% | INNERCITIES | 11 | Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) |
| 48% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | CELESTIALBODIES | 15 | Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | TEETOTAL | 8 | Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With only slight provocation ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle |
| 47% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 47% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 47% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 47% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | TURDUCKEN | 9 | Entree with nested birds, as suggested by the progression of fowl in the starred answers |
| 45% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 45% | ANGLE | 5 | Relationship of the circled letters to the apt words they connect to in this puzzle |
| 45% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 45% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 45% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | Photographer's request … as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 45% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 44% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |