| 100% | CARBON | 6 | Chemical element found in the Sun, stars & comets |
| 50% | NEON | 4 | Chemical element found in glowing signs |
| 49% | HYDROGEN | 8 | Most abundant chemical element in the sun |
| 49% | CARBON | 6 | Chemical element found in all plants and animals |
| 48% | HYDROGEN | 8 | Most abundant gas found in the sun |
| 47% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | ''A Raisin in the SUN'' star |
| 45% | SOS | 3 | Mayday call found in the starred answers |
| 44% | EVE | 3 | Day before that's found in the starred answers |
| 43% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | BASK | 4 | Lounge in the sun, say (word you'll find hidden in "basket") |
| 42% | THEBRONTES | 10 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | CATSUP | 6 | Hunt's offering, and what you'll find in the starred answers |
| 42% | IUM | 3 | Suffix in the names of most chemical elements |
| 42% | SEROTONIN | 9 | Happy chemical found in the body |
| 42% | MODUSOPERANDI | 13 | Plan of action, as "initially" found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 42% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Fictional past, or a hint to four-letter words found in the starred answers |
| 41% | WILDHORSES | 10 | 1971 Stones hit, or what can be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | TIN | 3 | Element that's found in the alloy pewter |
| 41% | SODIUM | 6 | The chemical element represented by Na in NaCl |
| 41% | HOLIDAY | 7 | "___ in the Sun," 2001 direct-to-video movie starring the Olsen twins set in the Bahamas |
| 41% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |