| 100% | STAR | 4 | Asterisk |
| 83% | STARS | 5 | Asterisks |
| 83% | STAR | 4 | Asterisk shape |
| 70% | STAR | 4 | Mark with an asterisk |
| 67% | FOOTNOTES | 9 | Followers of some asterisks |
| 67% | STAR | 4 | What an asterisk looks like |
| 67% | SEENOTE | 7 | What an asterisk may mean |
| 64% | HIC | 3 | Comics word spelled between asterisks |
| 64% | MARIS | 5 | His 1961 record had an asterisk |
| 61% | ETRADE | 6 | Brokerage with an asterisk in its name |
| 58% | MSRP | 4 | Abbr. after an asterisk in a car ad |
| 58% | ETRADE | 6 | Dot-com with an asterisk in its name |
| 58% | ETRADE | 6 | Nasdaq company with an asterisk in its name |
| 55% | MASH | 4 | Sitcom that had three asterisks in its title |
| 55% | HOLDDEAR | 8 | Cherish, and what the asterisked answers do literally |
| 55% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Each asterisked clue vis-à-vis its answer |
| 55% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | What an asterisk may indicate in a term paper |
| 52% | ROCKBOTTOM | 10 | Lowest level, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| 52% | RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED | 21 | Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle |
| 52% | THINGSWITHWINGS | 15 | What the answers to all the asterisked clues are |
| 52% | NBA | 3 | Org. found in the answer to each asterisked clue |
| 49% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| 46% | TSE | 3 | Literary monogram found in the answers to the nine asterisked clues |
| 46% | UEY | 3 | Often-illegal maneuver that is key to answering the asterisked clues |
| 46% | OUTERWEAR | 9 | L.L. Bean offering, or a feature of the asterisked answers |
| 43% | BTEAM | 5 | Subs ... or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues? |
| 40% | STARSTUDDED | 11 | Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? |
| 37% | COP | 3 | Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case] |
| 34% | SHAMEONYOU | 10 | "That wasn't nice!" and a hint to a trigram hidden in the asterisked answers |
| 34% | ESTEE | 5 | Girl's name that phonetically provides the initials to the answers to the asterisked clues |