| 100% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |
| 51% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 50% | BAREBACK | 8 | Riding without a saddle, and what the starred answers all have |
| 48% | THEDEEPEND | 10 | *Where to dive in a pool ... and what the answers to starred clues all share? |
| 48% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 48% | HAVEAHEART | 10 | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| 48% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 47% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 47% | STOCKHOLDERS | 12 | Share owners, and, broadly, what the starred answers all are |
| 47% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 47% | HAVEABALL | 9 | Enjoy oneself, and what the starred answers do |
| 47% | HAVEASHOT | 9 | Might succeed, and what the starred answers do |
| 46% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 46% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 46% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 46% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 46% | FAKENEWS | 8 | Inaccurate information, and what the starred answers have in common |
| 46% | MASTERPIECES | 12 | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| 46% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 46% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 45% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Neither gain nor lose money, and what the starred answers do |
| 45% | BREAKUP | 7 | Split, and, in another way, what the starred answers do |
| 45% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 45% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 45% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |