| 100% | GOLDENHORDE | 11 | 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue |
| 52% | MIDMORNING | 10 | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
| 48% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 46% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 46% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 46% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 45% | THELONG | 7 | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| 44% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | WILDCOUNTRY | 11 | Remote region ... and what literally ends each answer to a starred clue |
| 43% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 42% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 42% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 42% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 misfit comedy ... and something hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 41% | CLASSACTION | 11 | Group lawsuit ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 41% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 41% | DOWNPAYMENT | 11 | Typical mortgage requirement, and what ends each answer to a starred clue |
| 41% | STUFFEDCLAM | 11 | Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is? |
| 41% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 41% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 41% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 41% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 41% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 41% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 41% | BROKENBONES | 11 | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |