| 100% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 81% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 78% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 66% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 65% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 65% | THATSRICH | 9 | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 65% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 63% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 63% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 63% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 63% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 63% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | STRIKEZONE | 10 | Home plate ump's concern ... or what the answer to each starred clue can be? |
| 62% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 60% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 60% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 60% | WILDHORSES | 10 | 1971 Stones hit, or what can be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | TRUCKDRIVER | 11 | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| 59% | TOPNOTES | 8 | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 59% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 59% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 59% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 59% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 59% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 59% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |