| 100% | STONEAGE | 8 | Apparent setting for a two-letter comic strip suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | AANDE | 5 | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | EVERYTHINGBAGEL | 15 | Breakfast order suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | FLIPFLOPS | 9 | Questionable political moves suggested by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 46% | DOG | 3 | ___ days (time of summer suggested by the answers to the starred clues) |
| 45% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? |
| 44% | BIGEASY | 7 | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| 43% | SMILE | 5 | Expression shared by the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | SUPERBOWLSUNDAY | 15 | Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues |
| 41% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 41% | SILVERSCREEN | 12 | Setting for the answers to the three starred clues - appropriately enough, given their initials |
| 41% | FIVEWS | 6 | Journalism's traditional set of questions, obliquely addressed by the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | THREEPEATS | 10 | Features of the answers to starred clues, from a trademarked sports term |
| 40% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 40% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 39% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | CAPITALOFFENSES | 15 | Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 39% | MOUSTACHES | 10 | Archetypically villainous features possessed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 39% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues |
| 39% | WORD | 4 | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 39% | YMCA | 4 | Hit song literally hinted at by the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | OOHANDAAH | 9 | Gush (over) ... or sounds shared by the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | HUMANNATURE | 11 | Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 38% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | With 26 Across, memorable spots created by the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Freelance for extra income ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 38% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 38% | BOND | 4 | What the answers to the starred clues share, in two ways |