| 100% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 92% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 80% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 70% | ALITTLE | 7 | With 108-Across, instruction given to a barber, or how the answers to the starred clues were literally formed |
| 68% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 65% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 62% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 62% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 62% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 61% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Basic auto maintenance, and how each answer to a starred clue was created |
| 61% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Clandestine activity, and a hint to answering the starred clues |
| 61% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 60% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 60% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentiously cultured, and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | AYEAYE | 6 | "Yes, captain" ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | GATECHANGE | 10 | Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | SPAMFILTER | 10 | Email service, and a hint to how to interpret the starred answers |
| 60% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "You're on!" … and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| 60% | JUSTTAKETHEL | 12 | "Oh, admit defeat already!," and advice that was followed to form the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 60% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |