| 100% | LUIS | 4 | ___ Guzman, star of "How to Make It in America" and "Code Black" |
| 48% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 45% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 40% | TYRE | 4 | They're made of rubber and cover wheels (how it's spelled in Britain) |
| 39% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 37% | BETTYGRABLE | 11 | Co-star of Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall in "How to Marry a Millionaire" |
| 37% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 71-Across and each answer to a starred clue, all of it |
| 36% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | SNOW | 4 | In old movies, it was made using everything from marble dust to salt and painted cornflakes |
| 36% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 36% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 36% | TVCAMERA | 8 | What sitcom stars and reporters stand in front of to be recorded: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 35% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 35% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 35% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 35% | BOFA | 4 | Financial institution with a stylized version of the Stars and Stripes in its logo, for short |
| 35% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 35% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 34% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 34% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SISI | 4 | "Oui! Oui!" in Oaxaca, and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 34% | GODS | 4 | "The Food of the ___ and How It Came to Earth," 1904 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells |
| 34% | DELFTWARE | 9 | Type of blue and white pottery made in the Netherlands predominantly from the 16th- to the 18th-centuries |
| 34% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |