| 100% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 91% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 82% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 82% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 81% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 80% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 80% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 79% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 75% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 75% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 73% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 73% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 72% | COATTAILS | 9 | Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 71% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 70% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 70% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 69% | ITSAWHOLETHING | 14 | "Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 68% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 67% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 67% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 66% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 66% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 66% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 66% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 65% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 65% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 65% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 64% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 64% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 64% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |