| 100% | LOOSE | 5 | With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles |
| 65% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 62% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 61% | SPLIT | 5 | With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles |
| 60% | SECRET | 6 | With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 57% | WHEELOF | 7 | With 37-Across, card in a tarot deck, and a hint to each circled letter set |
| 57% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 56% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 56% | OUTSIDERARTISTS | 15 | Self-taught creators, in modern lingo, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 56% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 55% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Tennis format with man-and-woman pairs ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 53% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 52% | LETSGOCRAZY | 11 | First track on Prince's "Purple Rain," and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Roughhouse, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | REFORMPARTY | 11 | Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | MIDDLEMAN | 9 | Go-between ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | CALLLETTERS | 11 | Station identifiers, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | ABOUTFACE | 9 | Military command, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | CUTIN | 5 | Interrupt ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 51% | WINGCHAIRS | 10 | Parlor pieces, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Final leg ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | TAILSPINS | 9 | Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 51% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 51% | GANGOFFOUR | 10 | Faction in China's Cultural Revolution ... or a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 51% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Postnuptial alteration, and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 51% | SPLITTHEATOM | 12 | Nuclear fission phrase, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 51% | ALTERNATEROUTE | 14 | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 51% | SIDECAR | 7 | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |