| 100% | ADAPTATION | 10 | *2002 movie in which a Susan Orlean work is described as “that sprawling New Yorker shit” . . . or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 44% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 41% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 40% | BACKTOBACK | 10 | How TV episodes are binge-watched ... or how to turn each word in the answers to the starred clues into a new phrase |
| 40% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 40% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 40% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 40% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | STRIKEZONE | 10 | Home plate ump's concern ... or what the answer to each starred clue can be? |
| 38% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 38% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 38% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 38% | ROOMFORDESSERT | 14 | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 37% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 37% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ___ or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 37% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 37% | POKERHAND | 9 | What the answer to each starred clue is |
| 37% | DOWNFEATHERS | 12 | Warm winter coat contents ... or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 37% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 37% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 37% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 36% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 36% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 36% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |