| 100% | THATWASEASY | 11 | Confident post-exam assertion, and a hint to a letter pair in each starred answer |
| 61% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 58% | RAILSPLITTER | 12 | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| 57% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 55% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 55% | MIDMORNING | 10 | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue |
| 54% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 54% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 54% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 54% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 53% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 52% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 51% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 51% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 51% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 51% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 51% | 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 |
| 51% | THELONG | 7 | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| 50% | GOLDENHORDE | 11 | 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue |
| 50% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 49% | USBPORT | 7 | PC connection site, and a hint to each starred answer |
| 49% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | GROUPCHAT | 9 | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| 49% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | ALLCAPS | 7 | Online equivalent of shouting, and a hint to both halves of each starred answer |
| 49% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 49% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |