| 100% | YOUHADTOBETHERE | 15 | "It was even funnier at the time," or a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 62% | ONTHEEDGE | 9 | Exciting but dangerous way to live, and a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 55% | SHOWTHEWAY | 10 | Give clear directions, or how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 53% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 53% | LETSGOYANKEES | 13 | Cheer heard in the Bronx, or a phonetic hint for making the starred clues match their answers |
| 50% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 50% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 50% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 50% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 50% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | THEREARENOWORDS | 15 | "I can't even!" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | THELITTLETHINGS | 15 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 48% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 47% | BACKORDERED | 11 | Like goods that are temporarily out of stock ... or a hint, alphabetically, to the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 46% | CUTTHEBS | 8 | "Give it to me straight" ... or, when reparsed, a hint to some chopping in the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | ADVANCEDDEGREES | 15 | Post-college goals, e.g., or a hint to what the starred answers are progressively "awarded" |
| 46% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 46% | SKIPSCHOOL | 10 | Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | MICDROP | 7 | Dramatic ending to a performance ... or a hint to answering the six starred clues |
| 45% | ISLANDHOPPING | 13 | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | TIMEISMONEY | 11 | Benjamin Franklin adage ... or a hint to interpreting the answers to the four starred clues |
| 45% | LETTERDROP | 10 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ITCOUPLES | 9 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | HALFOFF | 7 | Discounted 50% ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |