| 100% | GROUPCHAT | 9 | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| 49% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 48% | DOCTOREDUP | 10 | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 47% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 47% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 46% | THELITTLETHINGS | 15 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | THELONG | 7 | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| 45% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 45% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 45% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 45% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 44% | ITSASTEAL | 9 | "Can't beat that price!" or a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 44% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 44% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | DOUBLEBOOK | 10 | Reserve twice in error, as an airline seat ... or a hint to the two-part answers to starred clues |
| 44% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 44% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 44% | INNERCITY | 9 | Densely populated area, and a hint to the capitals in the starred answers |
| 44% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | SHAMEONYOU | 10 | "That wasn't nice!" and a hint to a trigram hidden in the asterisked answers |
| 43% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Fictional past, or a hint to four-letter words found in the starred answers |
| 43% | 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 |
| 43% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | FINDCLOSURE | 11 | Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |