| 100% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 49% | FILLERWORD | 10 | Sound added to everyday speech, and what's been added to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | CALORIES | 8 | What's been added to the starred answers |
| 46% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 45% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 45% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 43% | DOUBLEDATES | 11 | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 43% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 43% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the 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% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | BRIDGES | 7 | Hollywood family name ... and what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 42% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 42% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 42% | EGOBOOSTS | 9 | Lifts for one's self-esteem, and what's been given to the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 42% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 42% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 41% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 41% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 41% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |