| 100% | NAE | 3 | "___ star was glintin out aboon" (old poem start) |
| 35% | NITE | 4 | When the stars are out, in adspeak |
| 34% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 34% | ALMOND | 6 | Old man turned out to be nut |
| 34% | MELODIC | 7 | Old mice turned out to be musical |
| 33% | ALMOND | 6 | Old man turned out to be a nut |
| 32% | MRT | 3 | Old TV star whose haircut was inspired by Mandinka warriors |
| 32% | DOGGEREL | 8 | Almost any poem that starts "Roses are red ..." |
| 30% | CARKEYS | 7 | Items that are used to start older automobiles: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BEERBARREL | 10 | One was rolled out in an old song |
| 30% | GERONTION | 9 | "Here I am, an old man in a dry month" poem |
| 29% | OPENINGDAY | 10 | Start of the baseball season ... or what the start of each starred clue is? |
| 29% | SUN | 3 | Solar System's star that is over 4.5 billion years old |
| 29% | BARRYMORE | 9 | Drew, who starred in E.T. when she was 6 years old |
| 29% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 29% | UNDERTHEWEATHER | 15 | Out of sorts ... or where four answer-ending words (see starred clues) can be found? |
| 28% | AGE | 3 | "Her ___ has finally caught up with her." ("She is starting to feel old.") |
| 28% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Revelation, or what can be found at the starts of the starred answers |
| 28% | ODE | 3 | Old poem |
| 28% | ENDYMION | 8 | Poem by John Keats, that starts with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever..." |
| 28% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 28% | GOAT | 4 | Superlative acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 28% | MSN | 3 | ISP that was phased out in favor of Microsoft Start |
| 27% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 27% | YOLO | 4 | "Carpe diem" acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | LOVEORCONFUSION | 15 | It starts "Is that the stars in the sky, or is it rain fallin' down?" |
| 27% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 27% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 27% | NAMES | 5 | Stars are big ones |