| 100% | FIFTH | 5 | With 45-Down, subversive groups ... or what the answers in the circled squares comprise? |
| 64% | BREAK | 5 | With 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the circled squares literally do in the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 48% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 47% | GREETINGCARDS | 13 | Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares |
| 46% | GODOWNIN | 8 | With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 45% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 45% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 45% | TWORHYMINGWORDS | 15 | With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 44% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | NIGHT | 5 | With 55-Down, what happens multilingually in the circles |
| 44% | DOUBLEHEADER | 12 | Stadium marathon, or what the eight answers with circles gained individually, and what they gained collectively |
| 44% | WHATIMPLEMENT | 13 | With 28-, 48- and 56-Across, riddle whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 44% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 44% | CHEESE | 6 | With 45-Across, savory topping found in tubs ... and the circled squares? |
| 44% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 44% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 43% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 43% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 42% | SOAKUPTHESUN | 12 | 2002 summer anthem from Sheryl Crow, and what the answers with circles do, in two ways |
| 42% | JUGGLINGPINS | 12 | 51-Down's talent ... or what the circled squares represent? |
| 42% | DEBT | 4 | With 11 Down, much-debated political limit ... and what the puzzle's circled squares compose? |
| 41% | TAKEOUTFOOD | 11 | Alternative to home cooking, or what should be done to the answers with circles |
| 41% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 41% | ADDUPTOFIFTEEN | 14 | With 98-Across, 34-Down and 48-Down, what each line in the center square should do |
| 41% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 41% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 40% | NEW | 3 | With 65- and 66-Across, when to sing the song in the circled squares |
| 40% | EXTRA | 5 | With 55-Down, kicker's contribution, and what's found in the circled letters |
| 40% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |