| 100% | DONTBESILLY | 11 | "C'mon, get serious!" ... and an admonition evidently ignored by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | MENSA | 5 | Group described by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HAIRSALON | 9 | Permanent place ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | DRESSINGDOWNS | 13 | Severe reprimands, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | RECIPEBOOK | 10 | Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | PLAYMATES | 9 | Sandbox sharers ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HEAVYMETAL | 10 | Rock genre ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | COMMONSENSE | 11 | Practical judgment ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 52% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 52% | CHECKLIST | 9 | To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| 52% | MOVIETRAILERS | 13 | "Coming attractions" offerings, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | GIMMEABREAK | 11 | Kit Kat bar slogan ... and hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 51% | TWISTTOPS | 9 | Easy-to-remove caps ... or one way to get the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 51% | BARMENU | 7 | List including nachos, sliders, wings, etc. ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 51% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 51% | GOAT | 4 | Superlative acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | YOLO | 4 | "Carpe diem" acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 50% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | PLUMBERS | 8 | '70s covert White House intelligence group ... and, in a more conventional sense, a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |