| 100% | LEAK | 4 | Anonymous disclosure, and a problem at the end of each starred answer |
| 53% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 52% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 51% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 51% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 49% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 48% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 48% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 48% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 47% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 47% | KEYWORD | 7 | Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 47% | BLANKCHECK | 10 | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | SOCIALSTUDIES | 13 | Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 46% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | LIFEPARTNER | 11 | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | THEGAMBLER | 10 | 1978 Kenny Rogers hit, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 46% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 45% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 45% | HANA | 4 | Destination at the end of a long and winding Maui road |
| 45% | ITSAWHOLETHING | 14 | "Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 45% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | LEIA | 4 | Cameo role at the end of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" |
| 44% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 44% | ALTERNATETAKES | 14 | Different points of view ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | LOVENOTE | 8 | Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |