| 100% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 70% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 64% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 63% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 63% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 62% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 62% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 58% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 58% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 58% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 58% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 57% | GOINCIRCLES | 11 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 57% | POKERHAND | 9 | What the answer to each starred clue is |
| 57% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | TRUCKDRIVER | 11 | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| 56% | CARS | 4 | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| 56% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 56% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 56% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 56% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 56% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 56% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 55% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 55% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 54% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 53% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 53% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | STRIKEZONE | 10 | Home plate ump's concern ... or what the answer to each starred clue can be? |
| 52% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |