| 100% | LAWYER | 6 | "Compromise is the best and cheapest ___" (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson) |
| 41% | POLICY | 6 | Honesty is the best one, according to the saying |
| 41% | HADITH | 6 | Saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad that is not found in the Koran |
| 37% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | To whom the saying "Common sense is not so common" is attributed |
| 37% | LEANIN | 6 | 2013 best seller subtitled "Women, Work and the Will to Lead" |
| 36% | WINE | 4 | "Bottled poetry," according to Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 36% | RULE | 4 | Be the best, so to speak |
| 36% | GREASY | 6 | Like foods said to be good for hangovers and bad for skin complexion |
| 36% | GILLETTE | 8 | Shaving brand said to be the best a man can get |
| 35% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 35% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 34% | YET | 3 | The best is ___ to come |
| 34% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to say |
| 34% | EDWARDHYDE | 10 | Robert Louis Stevenson character whose alter ego is Henry Jekyll |
| 34% | APIA | 4 | City near which Robert Louis Stevenson is buried |
| 34% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 34% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 34% | TIKTOK | 6 | App said to be partially responsible for the mega-success of “Old Town Road” and “Truth Hurts” |
| 34% | HYDE | 4 | Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ___" |
| 34% | SALLIE | 6 | The ___ House, house in Kansas that is said to be haunted and has appeared on the TV series, "Ghost Adventures" |
| 33% | GANDHI | 6 | Who said "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" |
| 33% | HONESTY | 7 | The best policy, according to a saying |
| 33% | FASHIONFORWARD | 14 | On the cutting edge of style, or what 20-, 33-, and 40-Across can be said to be? |
| 33% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 33% | HYDE | 4 | Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr ___" |
| 33% | HYDE | 4 | Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr ___" |
| 33% | RACISM | 6 | What excellence is the best deterrent to, per Oprah Winfrey |
| 33% | BEDS | 4 | Bunk___ are the best way for kids to share rooms |