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| 62% | PHYSICSFORMULAS | 15 | What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 60% | LANDFORMS | 9 | Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent |
| 57% | PAVEDROAD | 9 | What the circled squares in this puzzle symbolize |
| 56% | STRANDSOFADOUBLEHELIX | 21 | What the highlighted squares in this puzzle represent |
| 55% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 52% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 51% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 51% | SUNTAN | 6 | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| 51% | SUIT | 4 | What the 13 circled things in this puzzle constitute |
| 48% | FOSSIL | 6 | What each shaded square in this puzzle represents |
| 47% | ONEMINUTE | 9 | What each square in this puzzle grid represents |
| 47% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 47% | WORMHOLES | 9 | Theoretical shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent |
| 46% | FAB | 3 | With the circled squares of 35-Across, subject of this puzzle |
| 45% | SUDOKU | 6 | With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents |
| 45% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | What the circled letters in this answer represent, homophonically |
| 45% | BEEINONESBONNET | 15 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | SEAOFCORTEZ | 11 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | What the circled letter in this answer represents, homophonically |
| 45% | WATERFALLS | 10 | What the circles in this puzzle hold |
| 44% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 44% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 44% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 43% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 43% | TEAR | 4 | What the apostrophe represents in this emoticon :'-( |
| 43% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 43% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
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