| 100% | SPIN | 4 | With the circled word in the grid's center, what each circled word is? |
| 54% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 51% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 49% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 48% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | What the two words in each starred answer have in common with each other |
| 47% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 46% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough, and what can be found in each set of circles |
| 45% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 45% | ADDUPTOFIFTEEN | 14 | With 98-Across, 34-Down and 48-Down, what each line in the center square should do |
| 45% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 45% | ATOMICNUMBERS | 13 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid |
| 45% | COMMUNITYGARDEN | 15 | What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent |
| 44% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 43% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 43% | LUNARPHASE | 10 | What's represented by each circled space and one black square in this grid |
| 43% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 43% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 43% | UNFINISHED | 10 | With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 42% | EXTRA | 5 | With 55-Down, kicker's contribution, and what's found in the circled letters |
| 42% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 42% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 42% | FOUNDMONEY | 10 | Unexpected wallet fattener ... and what the circled words are |
| 42% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 42% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be |
| 41% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Voter's crossover ballot, and what can literally be found in the circled letters |
| 41% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 41% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 41% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |