| 100% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 76% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 74% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 74% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 68% | BOMBSQUAD | 9 | Specialized unit seeking explosives ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 68% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 68% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 67% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 66% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 66% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 65% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 63% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 62% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 62% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue |
| 62% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 61% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 61% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 61% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 61% | MADETHEROUNDS | 13 | Checked on patients, or what the subjects of all of the starred clues did to their answers |
| 61% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 61% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 60% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 60% | HITIT | 5 | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| 60% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 60% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 60% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 60% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 60% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |