| 100% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 78% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| 74% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 72% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 72% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 69% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 65% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 64% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 64% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 63% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 63% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 62% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 62% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 62% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 62% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 62% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 61% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 61% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 61% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 61% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Revelation, or what can be found at the starts of the starred answers |
| 59% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 59% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 59% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 58% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 57% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 57% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 57% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 57% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |