| 100% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 60% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | BACKORDERED | 11 | Like goods that are temporarily out of stock ... or a hint, alphabetically, to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 58% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 57% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 57% | 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 |
| 57% | COLDFRONT | 9 | Harbinger of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 57% | PLAYMATES | 9 | Sandbox sharers ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | HEAVYMETAL | 10 | Rock genre ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | COMMONSENSE | 11 | Practical judgment ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | LIFEPARTNER | 11 | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | MOVIETRAILERS | 13 | "Coming attractions" offerings, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | ACIDTEST | 8 | Ordeal ... and a hint to the initials of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | SIDEBYSIDE | 10 | Together, and a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | DRESSINGDOWNS | 13 | Severe reprimands, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | BOYOHBOY | 8 | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | ONYOURFEET | 10 | "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | ICANSHOW | 8 | With 39- and 44-Across, promise that Aladdin sings to Jasmine (and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) |
| 56% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 56% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |