| 100% | GIVEITAREST | 11 | "Enough already!" or what one may do to each answer to a starred clue |
| 63% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 61% | HITIT | 5 | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| 61% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 60% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 59% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 58% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 58% | ENDSINATIE | 10 | Concludes with no clear winner ... and what each answer to a starred clue does? |
| 57% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 57% | FISHHEAD | 8 | Ingredient in some Asian soup, or, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| 57% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 57% | ROOMFORDESSERT | 14 | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| 57% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 56% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 55% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 55% | MOVEDOVER | 9 | Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | CONSIDERTHEODDS | 15 | Think before placing a bet … or what solvers must do to fully appreciate each starred clue |
| 54% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 54% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | CHANGEDONESTUNE | 15 | Adopted a new attitude, or what music producers did to create the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 53% | THREESOMES | 10 | Each answer to a starred clue begins and ends with identical ones |
| 52% | NOENTRY | 7 | "Keep out!" sign ... or, in three parts, each answer to a starred clue |
| 52% | CLASSACTION | 11 | Group lawsuit ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 52% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 52% | WILDCOUNTRY | 11 | Remote region ... and what literally ends each answer to a starred clue |