| 100% | RAILSPLITTER | 12 | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| 81% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 71% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 66% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 64% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 misfit comedy ... and something hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 63% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 63% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 61% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 59% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | MIDMORNING | 10 | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
| 57% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | THATWASEASY | 11 | Confident post-exam assertion, and a hint to a letter pair in each starred answer |
| 56% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 55% | PUTONTHEDOG | 11 | Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang ... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues |
| 55% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | 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 |
| 55% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 54% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |