| 100% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Coiner of the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 80% | CROSS | 5 | Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 72% | PLANETS | 7 | Etymological origins of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 71% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | ATBOTHENDS | 10 | How the answer to each of the nine starred clues repeats |
| 71% | FLIPFLOPS | 9 | Questionable political moves suggested by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 71% | JUNKDRAWER | 10 | Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 71% | PRNDL | 5 | Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 71% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 71% | RAINBOW | 7 | What the starts of the answers to the seven starred clues constitute |
| 71% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 70% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 70% | NOTWOSOUNDALIKE | 15 | What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | EDU | 3 | URL ending associated with the beginnings of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | OCEAN | 5 | Body that appears at the start of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 70% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | SPACETRAVEL | 11 | Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? |
| 69% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | 1960's TV hit … whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 69% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | JAYZ | 4 | Rapper whose name hints at the extremities of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 69% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| 69% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 69% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |