| 100% | SPREADEM | 8 | Cop's order before frisking, and what to do with the starts of the starred answers |
| 61% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue |
| 54% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 54% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 54% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 54% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 53% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 52% | PUTONESFOOTINIT | 15 | Say the wrong thing, or what to do with the first words of the starred answers |
| 51% | CHECKLIST | 9 | To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| 51% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 51% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |
| 51% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 51% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |
| 51% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 50% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 50% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 50% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 49% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 49% | CUTTHECARDS | 11 | Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 49% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | HIDE | 4 | With 73-Across, space-saving furniture, and what the answers to the starred clues each do |
| 49% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 49% | WHITEHOUSEDOG | 13 | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with |
| 49% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | TAKEOUTTHETRASH | 15 | What to do before the answers to the starred clues will make sense |
| 48% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |