| 100% | TENORS | 6 | Choir section ... and what are missing from the starred clues |
| 55% | UPENDING | 8 | Toppling over, and what's missing from the starred answers |
| 53% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 53% | THEWHO | 6 | Rock opera pioneers, and what's missing from the starred answers |
| 51% | MASTERPIECES | 12 | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| 50% | DOUBLEDATES | 11 | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 50% | PAIROFPANTS | 11 | Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 49% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 49% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 49% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 48% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 48% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 48% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 48% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 48% | YOUTHGROUP | 10 | Ministry community for religious teens, and what the answer to each starred clue can be called |
| 48% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 48% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 47% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 47% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | HITTHE | 6 | Words missing from the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 47% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 46% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 46% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 44% | 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? |
| 43% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 43% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 43% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |