| 100% | EASIEST | 7 | Clue to answer first, perhaps |
| 59% | LAST | 4 | Unfitting answer to the first clue |
| 57% | SANDWICHBAR | 11 | Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 56% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 56% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 55% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 55% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 55% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 55% | HOLYTRINITY | 11 | Geometric doctrine of Christianity ... or the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | WESHOULDSPLITUP | 15 | Horror-movie suggestion ... taken by the first words of the answers to the themed clues? |
| 55% | CHRISTMASEVE | 12 | Apt phrase spelled out by the first letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | HINT | 4 | Clue to an answer |
| 54% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 54% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 54% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 54% | LEFTOFCENTER | 12 | Somewhat liberal, or where you might find the first words in the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 54% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 54% | HINT | 4 | Clue to an answer, say |
| 53% | INITIALLY | 9 | At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer? |
| 53% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 53% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 53% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| 52% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 52% | CHANGESONESTUNE | 15 | Starts looking at things differently, as demonstrated by the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 52% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |