| 100% | EIGHTBALLS | 10 | "Magic" toys ... or what the answers to starred clues add up to? |
| 67% | FRUITTOPPING | 12 | Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 64% | WELLROUNDEDDIET | 15 | Nutritionist's recommendation … or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly literal person? |
| 64% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 61% | THEITCROWD | 10 | '00s Britcom about an underappreciated computer support squad ... or what the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 60% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 60% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 60% | TWISTOFFATE | 11 | Unexpected development ... or what the answer to each starred clue contains? |
| 60% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 59% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | SHOWDOWNS | 9 | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| 59% | MAKEENDSMEET | 12 | Get by ... or what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 59% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Startling revelations, or what the answers to the starred clues have, phonetically |
| 59% | GRANDPA | 7 | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 59% | BRANDED | 7 | Labeled ... or, divided into three parts, what surrounds the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 59% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 59% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 59% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Don't give up yet!" ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 58% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 58% | BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING | 20 | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 58% | GODOWNIN | 8 | With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 58% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 58% | ASHOTIN | 7 | With 52-Across, wild guess ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 58% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 58% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 58% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 58% | CHRISTIANROCK | 13 | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |