| 100% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 82% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 79% | THATSRICH | 9 | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 77% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 76% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 76% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 71% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 71% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 71% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 71% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 71% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 70% | DANCEMOVES | 10 | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 69% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 67% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 67% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 65% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 63% | COMEDANCING | 11 | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |