| 100% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 45% | VIBECHECK | 9 | "How's everybody feeling?," e.g., and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 44% | CARINTERIORS | 12 | Passenger compartments, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 40% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 39% | HELLBENT | 8 | Totally determined, and a literal description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 39% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 39% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 39% | CLOSINGSALE | 11 | Going-out-of-business bargain event, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | SHUFFLE | 7 | With 42-Across, prepare to play cards (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 37% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 37% | SKIPPINGROPE | 12 | Cord in some cardio workouts, or an apt description of each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | WRONGWAY | 8 | Sign of misdirection, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Audiophile's setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 35% | SHOWSUP | 7 | Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters |
| 35% | DRIVEUPTHEPRICE | 15 | Make dear? (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 35% | RISINGEDGES | 11 | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 35% | RANGEROVER | 10 | High-end SUV, and an apt description of each set of circled letters? |
| 35% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Politically diverse ballot ... and an apt description of each set of puzzle circles |
| 34% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 34% | GAMECHANGER | 11 | Cause of a major paradigm shift, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 51-Across as well as their sets of circled letters |
| 34% | RUNDOWN | 7 | Seedy, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 9-, 29- and 33-Down |
| 34% | TILTA | 5 | With 37-Across, spinning amusement ride, and a hint to this puzzle's design and circled letters |
| 33% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 33% | DROPPEDCALL | 11 | Weak signal result, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 8-, 18- and 20-Down |
| 33% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |