| 100% | EECUMMINGS | 10 | "... the truth more first than sun, more last than star" |
| 45% | LIE | 3 | More than stretch the truth |
| 41% | LEADING | 7 | Starring role, more screen time than the others |
| 39% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 39% | DAVECLARK | 9 | British pop star with more "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances than the Beatles |
| 39% | URANUS | 6 | Planet that's more distant from the Sun than Saturn |
| 36% | DIANA | 5 | Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points |
| 35% | CAGIER | 6 | More evasive with the truth |
| 35% | TRIENNIAL | 9 | More frequent than the Olympics |
| 35% | POE | 3 | First name of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" character Dameron |
| 34% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make the truth seem sweeter than it is |
| 34% | SAGA | 4 | Kyushu city where last year more than 100 hot air balloons participated in the International Balloon Fiesta |
| 34% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 34% | KARATEKID | 9 | The latest edition starred Jaden Smith |
| 34% | PLEONASM | 8 | The use of more words than necessary |
| 34% | ONCE | 4 | The first word in many fairy tales |
| 34% | ORBS | 4 | The sun, moon and stars |
| 34% | TARDY | 5 | The first dray, terribly late |
| 33% | SAND | 4 | *Did you know that there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of ___ on Earth? |
| 33% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THOU | 4 | First word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 33% | SPACESTAT | 9 | "More than a million Earths can fit inside the sun," e.g.? |
| 33% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TANNEST | 7 | Most colored by the sun |
| 32% | LONGRUN | 7 | More than the immediate future |
| 32% | ACEIT | 5 | More than pass the test |
| 32% | SOT | 3 | More than the occasional drinker |
| 32% | EXTRA | 5 | More than the usual amount |
| 32% | ALIST | 5 | Stars that shine the most? |