| 100% | SHARKWEEK | 9 | Annual Discovery Channel programming event that could feature the shows in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 49% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | OILANDWATER | 11 | Substances that never mix, except in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 44% | YEARONYEAR | 10 | Like some annual accounting comparisons, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 43% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 43% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 43% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 43% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | TOPNOTES | 8 | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| 42% | COMEDANCING | 11 | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | DANCEMOVES | 10 | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |