| 100% | EIGHTEENTH | 10 | Alphabetic position of what's missing (solution and clues) |
| 42% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| 41% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 38% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | FOURTEENTH | 10 | Alphabetic position of "n" |
| 38% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 38% | SMELL | 5 | What's missing from the set of longest answers |
| 38% | SECOND | 6 | What's position, to Abbott and Costello |
| 37% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | FILLINTHEBLANKS | 15 | Provide missing info ... and what four clues do to their answers |
| 37% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 37% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 37% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 36% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 36% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 36% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 36% | SECRETADMIRER | 13 | Unidentified sender of what's hidden in 20-, 36-, and 42-Across |
| 36% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 36% | TRAINCREW | 9 | Engineer, brakeman and conductor ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 36% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 36% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 36% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 36% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 36% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 36% | CLOSESHAVE | 10 | Near miss, and what the ends of 17-, 27- and 44-Across may provide |
| 35% | INOUTLIST | 9 | Catalog of what's trendy and what's not in the new year |
| 35% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 35% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |