| 100% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 82% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 81% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 80% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | BACKSPACE | 9 | PC key with a left-pointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 78% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 74% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Earthquake echo, or where the last words of the answers to starred clues might go |
| 69% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 68% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 67% | INTHEPAST | 9 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | WINDOWS8 | 8 | 2012 software release ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | HITPARADE | 9 | List of popular songs ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | SIXFLAGS | 8 | Popular day trip destination ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 66% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 65% | FINDCLOSURE | 11 | Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 65% | FALLINGFLAT | 11 | Failing utterly ... or a British hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 65% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 65% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 64% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 64% | ATHENS | 6 | Capital of Greece, or a three-word hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 64% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |