| 100% | SUDOKU | 6 | With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents |
| 65% | CENTRAL | 7 | With 68-Across, the circled part of this crossword |
| 64% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 59% | MIDWEST | 7 | What the circled parts of this puzzle comprise |
| 51% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 51% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 50% | TRADE | 5 | With 38-Across, what the four key parts of this puzzle are |
| 49% | STATESWONBYBARACKOBAMA | 22 | With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 48% | GREEK | 5 | With 67-Across, what appears in each set of circles |
| 46% | FOLDTHROUGHEACH | 15 | With 67- and 97-Across, second part of the instructions |
| 45% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 45% | FAB | 3 | With the circled squares of 35-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 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% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 43% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 43% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 43% | HIDDENGEMS | 10 | What the long Across answers with circles have |
| 43% | FISH | 4 | With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents |
| 42% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 42% | SUNTAN | 6 | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| 42% | TOWNSQUARES | 11 | What the six groups of circled letters represent |
| 42% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down |
| 41% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 41% | SCALE | 5 | What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
| 41% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 41% | CASTING | 7 | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |