| 100% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 77% | 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 |
| 64% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 63% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 60% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 54% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 53% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 52% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 52% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 51% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 51% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 51% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 50% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 49% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 49% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 48% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 48% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| 48% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | FINALTOUCH | 10 | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 47% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 47% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 47% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 46% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 46% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 46% | CREATUREFEATURE | 15 | Monster movie, and what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 46% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 46% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 45% | ELVES | 5 | What the answer to each of the starred clues has |