| 100% | MINISPLITS | 10 | Zoned climate control options, and what this puzzle's circled letters form |
| 56% | TAILENDS | 8 | Final parts, and what this puzzle's circled letters create |
| 53% | RAINCOATS | 9 | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| 53% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A |
| 52% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 51% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | "The Stuff You Love" toy company, and what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 50% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 46% | BREAKINGNEWS | 12 | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| 46% | SPOILSPORTS | 11 | Party poopers, or what this puzzle's circled letters do |
| 45% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 45% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent |
| 45% | LONGWINDED | 10 | Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
| 45% | BORDERSTATES | 12 | Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are |
| 45% | ORBITS | 6 | What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent |
| 45% | EXTREMEMEASURES | 15 | Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent |
| 45% | BACKTALK | 8 | Sass, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 45% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | APPLECORES | 10 | Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle's circles represent? |
| 43% | CHANGINGCLOTHES | 15 | Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 42% | MADSCRAMBLE | 11 | Frantic, last-minute rush, and what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 42% | CLIMBINGSHOES | 13 | Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 41% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 41% | UNDERTHEWEATHER | 15 | Not up to par ... or, aptly, what this puzzle's circled letters are |
| 41% | PULLEDRANK | 10 | Asserted one's authority, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | FAMOUSCROSSINGS | 15 | What this puzzle's circled spaces represent |
| 40% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |