| 100% | FLIP | 4 | Action you need to take to understand this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 51% | SPINCLASSES | 11 | Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | FREEASSOCIATION | 15 | How to solve this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | WORKOUTTHEBUGS | 14 | Gradually fix something ... or what to do to understand this puzzle's italicized clues? |
| 49% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Brain trust, and what you need to add to solve 16 clues in this puzzle |
| 48% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 47% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear |
| 47% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 47% | GIVEMESOMESPACE | 15 | Request needed to understand four clues in this puzzle |
| 46% | THEBRONTES | 10 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | YOUKNOWTHEREST | 14 | "Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 45% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 45% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 45% | KNOCKOUTGAS | 11 | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and sci-fi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 45% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 45% | ATSEA | 5 | Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used |
| 45% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 45% | TALKOFTHETOWN | 13 | Something stirring up local buzz . . . or an apt way to describe this puzzle’s starred clues |
| 44% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 44% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |