| 100% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 60% | UNDERTHEWEATHER | 15 | Not up to par ... or, aptly, what this puzzle's circled letters are |
| 57% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 56% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 56% | FSH | 3 | Answer to the riddle "What do you call a fish with no eyes?"... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 56% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 55% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 54% | CRACKINGTHECODE | 15 | Arriving at an “Aha!” moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-à-vis its circled letters |
| 53% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 53% | SPOILSPORTS | 11 | Party poopers, or what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 53% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 52% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 52% | CUTOUTTHE | 9 | With 58-Across, buy or sell direct ... or what to do in this puzzle three times? |
| 52% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 51% | KNOCKONWOOD | 11 | "Let's hope so!," or what is found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 51% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 51% | GOINGIN | 7 | With 43-Across, what this puzzle is doing |
| 51% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 50% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 50% | FIGHTINGWORDS | 13 | "Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 49% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 49% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 48% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | STARTFROM | 9 | With 58-Across, what four Down answers in this puzzle do |
| 48% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 47% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |