| 100% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) |
| 46% | ATSEA | 5 | Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used |
| 46% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | REDSHIFTED | 10 | Like light from stars moving away from us ... or like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 45% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 44% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 43% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 43% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 43% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear |
| 42% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 42% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 41% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 40% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 40% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 40% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 38% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 37% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 37% | STARSTUDDED | 11 | Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? |
| 36% | LETTERDROP | 10 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 36% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 36% | LEADEROFTHEPACK | 15 | 1964 #1 hit by the Shangri-Las ... or this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | HOLDDOWNTHEFORT | 15 | Have charge temporarily ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's three starred clues |
| 35% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues |