| 100% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down |
| 47% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 43% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 42% | CENTRAL | 7 | With 68-Across, the circled part of this crossword |
| 41% | SUDOKU | 6 | With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents |
| 41% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 40% | ATOMIC | 6 | With 38-Down, property of the first part of the answer to each starred clue (appropriately positioned in the grid) |
| 39% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 39% | GAIT | 4 | Horse's pace, which can be found jumping across black squares in rows 3, 6, 10 and 14 of this grid |
| 39% | OHFOURTUNA | 10 | Apt exclamation from 42-Across upon noticing the contents of the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 38% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 32-Down, person associated with the scene depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 38% | PINATA | 6 | Party item depicted in the middle of this puzzle's grid |
| 38% | TOM | 3 | With 3-Down, portrayer of Mister Rogers in 2019's "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" |
| 38% | THROAT | 6 | Part of the body that's with ear and nose in ENT |
| 37% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 37% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 37% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | SEVENTHHEAVEN | 13 | Total bliss ... or, when read in three parts, a description of the region above this grid? |
| 37% | PERFECTSQUARE | 13 | With some unscrambling, the contents of each set of circles |
| 37% | ARNO | 4 | Part of the view in "A Room With a View" |
| 37% | CORNEA | 6 | Part of the eye in contact with a contact lens |
| 36% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 55-Down, form of the contents of the circled letters |
| 36% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 36% | DROPLEAFTABLE | 13 | Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle |
| 36% | NANANANA | 8 | Part of the refrain before "hey hey hey" in a 1969 #1 song |
| 36% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | BLOCK | 5 | The 2x2 black square near the middle of this puzzle's grid, e.g., which is part of eight answers |
| 35% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |