| 100% | BETTYGRABLE | 11 | Co-star of Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall in "How to Marry a Millionaire" |
| 55% | HOW | 3 | "___ to Marry a Millionaire," 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable |
| 45% | LAUREN | 6 | Bacall of "How to Marry a Millionaire" |
| 40% | POLA | 4 | ___ Debevoise, Marilyn Monroe's "How to Marry a Millionaire" role |
| 38% | RORY | 4 | Calhoun of "How to Marry a Millionaire" |
| 37% | GRABLE | 6 | Betty of “How To Marry a Millionaire” |
| 36% | BOGART | 6 | Humphrey ___ and Lauren Bacall, yesteryear Hollywood couple who co-starred in "Key Largo" |
| 36% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 36% | RORY | 4 | Actor ___ Calhoun of "How to Marry a Millionaire" |
| 35% | SISI | 4 | "Oui! Oui!" in Oaxaca, and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 35% | BACALL | 6 | "How to Marry a Millionaire" actress |
| 35% | LUIS | 4 | ___ Guzman, star of "How to Make It in America" and "Code Black" |
| 35% | SAL | 3 | Oscar-nominated co-star of Natalie and James in Rebel Without a Cause |
| 35% | EWELL | 5 | Tom ___, co-star of Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" |
| 34% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 34% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 33% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 33% | PLUMBERS | 8 | '70s covert White House intelligence group ... and, in a more conventional sense, a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 32% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Tongue-in-cheek description of a mullet, and of the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 32% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 32% | UNDERAFALSENAME | 15 | How a rock star might check in to a hotel |
| 32% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 32% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |