| 100% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 79% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 77% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 76% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Startling revelations, or what the answers to the starred clues have, phonetically |
| 75% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 74% | INITIALINITIALS | 15 | What the answers to the 15 starred clues have |
| 74% | FRUITTOPPING | 12 | Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 73% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 73% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 73% | FINALSCORE | 10 | Game-ending result ... or what each of the answers to starred clues has? |
| 73% | ASHOTIN | 7 | With 52-Across, wild guess ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 72% | FEMALELEAD | 10 | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" … or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 72% | FALSE | 5 | With 68-Across, sprinter's infraction, or what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 72% | SHOWDOWNS | 9 | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| 71% | METWO | 5 | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| 71% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 71% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 70% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 70% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 69% | GRANDPA | 7 | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 69% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 69% | AWORKINPROGRESS | 15 | Unfinished project ... or, literally, what the answers to the eight starred clues contain? |
| 68% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 68% | SECONDLOOK | 10 | Reappraisal, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| 67% | ONE | 3 | With 32-Across, what the answers to the starred clues each have |
| 67% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 67% | BEARHUGS | 8 | Tight embraces, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 67% | CHEESEFILLING | 13 | Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 67% | DRESSINGDOWN | 12 | Severe scolding, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 67% | MAKEENDSMEET | 12 | Get by ... or what the answers to the starred clues literally do |