| 100% | RASHDECISIONS | 13 | "Be warned, I may have to make some ___," said the dermatologist |
| 48% | SMART | 5 | Having the intellectual capacity to answer self-referential clues, some might say |
| 46% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 46% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 46% | TAKE | 4 | "Don't have to always be right, let me ___ some of the punches" (lyric from a 2005 song) |
| 44% | AAH | 3 | Something you may have to say to the doc. |
| 43% | CAKE | 4 | (2/5) "Ann the maid, says, 'I was in the kitchen making a ___ (treat with icing) all morning and didn't have time to visit the mistress' chambers.'" |
| 43% | FDR | 3 | Prez who said, "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made" |
| 43% | ALITTLEPATIENT | 14 | "You have to be ___," said the pediatrician |
| 41% | KEEPMEPOSTED | 12 | "I want to stay informed!," or what might be said by the answers to the starred clues? |
| 40% | SILVER | 6 | The kind of lining every cloud is said to have |
| 40% | MEME | 4 | 1996's "Dancing Baby" might have been the first one to go viral |
| 40% | MOMENT | 6 | Something trendy might be said to be having one |
| 39% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 39% | SLEEVE | 6 | You might be said to have an ace up this |
| 39% | STMARK | 6 | He is said to have founded the Church of Alexandria |
| 39% | ORK | 3 | Planet where the cry "Shazbot!" is said to have originated |
| 39% | DUOLINGO | 8 | App that might teach you how to say “I am eating bread and crying on the floor” in Norwegian |
| 39% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the Reuben is said to have been invented |
| 38% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 38% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 38% | CORNDOG | 7 | Fried food said to have been invented at the Texas State Fair |
| 38% | HAUS | 4 | I may be made of sand and limestone and often have asphalt roof tiles. Who am I in Germany? |
| 38% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 38% | RABBI | 5 | Osnat Barzani is thought by some to have been the first female one |
| 38% | JENNIFER | 8 | Name that may have been derived from the juniper plant and common to 13a, 18a, 32a, and 39d |
| 37% | MASHA | 5 | The Seagull character who says, "I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy." |
| 37% | ARGUS | 5 | Giant whose eyes are said to have been transferred to the peacock's tail |
| 37% | ASHIP | 5 | Answer to the riddle “I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?” |
| 37% | AGENT | 5 | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |