| 100% | OPER | 4 | Abbr. to the right of a star |
| 70% | CENTS | 5 | Amount to the right of a period |
| 69% | CTS | 3 | Amt. to the right of a decimal point |
| 69% | CTS | 3 | No. to the right of a decimal point |
| 67% | TENTHS | 6 | Place that’s directly to the right of a decimal point |
| 65% | TEL | 3 | Abbr. to the left of a number |
| 65% | FGH | 3 | Trio to the right of the D on a keyboard |
| 63% | CTRL | 4 | Key to the right of Alt on one side of a Windows keyboard |
| 60% | TENTHS | 6 | Kind of a place to the right of a decimal |
| 58% | ABEAM | 5 | At right angles to the length of a ship |
| 57% | FRONTOFFICE | 11 | Management department of a company, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 57% | TOOMUCHTOOSOON | 14 | A lot to deal with right out of the gate |
| 56% | ALT | 3 | Key to the left or right of the space bar on a Windows keyboard |
| 56% | SHOOTING | 8 | The type of star you're told to make a wish on |
| 56% | NOVA | 4 | "Super" follower to mean the explosion of a star |
| 56% | DEE | 3 | Key to the right of ess |
| 56% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Tongue-in-cheek description of a mullet, and of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ETA | 3 | The amount of waiting you have to do until a flight lands: Abbr. |
| 55% | SPECIALK | 8 | Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? |
| 55% | ONES | 4 | Column to the right of the tens |
| 55% | EAST | 4 | Cardinal point to the right of north |
| 55% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 54% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | THREEPEATS | 10 | Features of the answers to starred clues, from a trademarked sports term |
| 54% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 54% | LUNAR | 5 | Left woman to the right of the moon |
| 54% | TENTHS | 6 | Place to the right of the decimal point |
| 54% | INDENTS | 7 | Sets off to the right of the margin |