| 100% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 69% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 67% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 65% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| 64% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 63% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | HAIRSALON | 9 | Permanent place ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | RECIPEBOOK | 10 | Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | OCEAN | 5 | Body that appears at the start of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 62% | JENNY | 5 | Woman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 61% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 61% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 61% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 61% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 61% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 61% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 61% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 60% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 60% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 60% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 59% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 58% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| 58% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 58% | EYE | 3 | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |