| 100% | JAMES | 5 | Bond common to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 71% | PIGLATIN | 8 | "Language" that explains the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ | 15 | What might tempt the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 sci-fi thriller ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | CAPITALOFFENSES | 15 | Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | HANDM | 5 | Swedish-based international clothing giant ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | MARRIEDMEN | 10 | Bachelors no more ... or, literally, the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | ABSTRACTART | 11 | What may be created using the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | SHOWDOWNS | 9 | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| 68% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | COUNTRIES | 9 | Sovereign lands ... or what are hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | DONTTAKETHEBAIT | 15 | Warning for easily provoked types ... or for the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 68% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 68% | ALLIN | 5 | Poker phrase ... or what's needed to complete the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | SECRETCODE | 10 | What the answers to the six starred clues follow, as hinted at by 66-Across |
| 67% | FREE | 4 | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 67% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 67% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 67% | METWO | 5 | Hint to what the answers to the four starred clues have in common |
| 66% | THERESNOWHERETOGOBUTU | 21 | Optimist's phrase under adverse circumstances ... or a hint to completing the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | LOSEWEIGHT | 10 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues |