| 100% | SQUARE | 6 | With 55-Across, what the circled letters, reading clockwise, form |
| 51% | CANDYCANE | 9 | Christmas tree decoration ... or a hint to what the circled letters form |
| 49% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 49% | HIDDENGEMS | 10 | What the long Across answers with circles have |
| 49% | NIGHT | 5 | With 55-Down, what happens multilingually in the circles |
| 48% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 48% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
| 47% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 55-Down, form of the contents of the circled letters |
| 46% | WATER | 5 | What the circled letters represent |
| 45% | YES | 3 | What the circled letters all mean |
| 45% | THREE | 5 | With the circled letters, a literal depiction of what you need to win tic-tac-toe? |
| 45% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | Lack of similar interests, and what the three long answers with circled letters have? |
| 45% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Elegant hairstyle, and what the circled letters give to 17-, 30-, and 47-Across? |
| 45% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 44% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 44% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 44% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 44% | UNOFFICIALSTART | 15 | With 55 Across, what 19 Across signifies |
| 44% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 44% | SHELLCOMPANIES | 14 | Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters |
| 44% | THOMASALVA | 10 | With [circled letters reading clockwise], American icon born 2/11/1847 |
| 43% | SYS | 3 | What the last letter of 55-Across stands for: Abbr. |
| 43% | RAISEARUCKUS | 12 | Cause commotion ... or what the circled letters do? |
| 43% | SPRINGFORWARDFALLBACK | 21 | Timely mnemonic, or what the circled letters depict |
| 43% | MONKEY | 6 | With the circled letters and 46-Across, playground keep-away game |
| 43% | CORPORATEBONDS | 14 | Capital-raising vehicles, or what the circled letters represent |
| 43% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcome, and what the circled letters literally contain |
| 42% | SUDOKU | 6 | With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents |
| 42% | OUTERBANKS | 10 | Kitty Hawk locale ... and what the circled letters graphically represent |