| 100% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 89% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 81% | HITIT | 5 | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| 80% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 78% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 75% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 75% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 73% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 69% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | AHEADOF | 7 | Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 63% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 62% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 62% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 61% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 60% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 60% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 60% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 59% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 59% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 59% | FILE | 4 | What you can do to all of the starred answers |
| 59% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 58% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 58% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue |
| 58% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |