| 100% | THEKICKISUP | 11 | With 44-Across, common broadcasting phrase related to this puzzle's outer circled letters |
| 41% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 39% | ROUNDOFGOLF | 11 | Eighteen holes ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | OBLIQUEREFERENCE | 16 | Indirect comment ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | AUSPICES | 8 | Patronage... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | GUTFEELING | 10 | Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | REVERSECOURSE | 13 | Do the opposite, and a punny hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | STIRTHEPOT | 10 | Create tension among friends, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | Party snack (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 38% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | "Loosen up!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | DRIVEUPTHEPRICE | 15 | Make dear? (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 38% | SPLITTHEPOT | 11 | Divvy up poker hand winnings, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | BACKUPBANDS | 11 | Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | DOUBLERAINBOW | 13 | Rare sighting after a storm ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | PULLEDPORK | 10 | Messy sandwich filler ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | POETRYINMOTION | 14 | Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | WRONGWAY | 8 | Sign of misdirection, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | WARPSPEED | 9 | Science-fiction velocity ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | MUSICALCHAIRS | 13 | Kids' party game … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | BACK | 4 | ___-to-school (hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 38% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like most pet dogs ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | CHANGESTHEWORLD | 15 | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | HOSPITALCORNERS | 15 | Institutional bed-making technique, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | NOTQUITEMYTEMPO | 15 | Iconic line from "Whiplash," or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | TILTA | 5 | With 37-Across, spinning amusement ride, and a hint to this puzzle's design and circled letters |