| 100% | ANTS | 4 | "Marchers" through the answers to the five starred clues |
| 78% | PLANETS | 7 | Etymological origins of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Like either word in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 76% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 75% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| 74% | PERPS | 5 | Those "walking" through the answers to the starred clues |
| 74% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 74% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 72% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 68% | LOVENOTE | 8 | Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 67% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 65% | SUPERBOWLSUNDAY | 15 | Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues |
| 65% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Coiner of the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 65% | INITIALINITIALS | 15 | What the answers to the 15 starred clues have |
| 65% | FISHERMEN | 9 | What the answers to the four starred clues are? |
| 65% | 90SFADS | 7 | What the answers to the four starred clues are |
| 64% | HITTHE | 6 | Words missing from the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 64% | SEARCHRESULTS | 13 | Google returns ... or the answers to the four starred clues |
| 64% | PIGLATIN | 8 | "Language" that explains the answers to the six starred clues |
| 64% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ | 15 | What might tempt the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 64% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 64% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 64% | CAPITALOFFENSES | 15 | Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 64% | BEACHGOER | 9 | One packing up the answers to the seven starred clues, maybe |
| 63% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 63% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 63% | LOWKEY | 6 | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |