| 100% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 66% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 62% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 62% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 62% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 61% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 60% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 60% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 59% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 56% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 54% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 54% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 52% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 52% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 50% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 50% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 49% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 49% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 49% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 48% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 48% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 48% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 48% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 47% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 47% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 47% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 47% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |