| 100% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 94% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 85% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 80% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 76% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 75% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 75% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 74% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | BACKSPACE | 9 | PC key with a left-pointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 69% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 68% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 68% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 68% | COLDSPELL | 9 | Stretch of chilly weather, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues amount to, phonetically? |
| 68% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 67% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 67% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 66% | ITSADATE | 8 | "I'm there!" ... and hint to the first part of the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | BREAKITUP | 9 | Stop a fight ... and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 65% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 65% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 65% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 64% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 64% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 64% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 64% | 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? |
| 64% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |