| 100% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | Customizable toy franchise, and what a part of each starred answer can do |
| 50% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 50% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 50% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 50% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 49% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 48% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 47% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 46% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 45% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 44% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 44% | ENDSINATIE | 10 | Concludes with no clear winner ... and what each answer to a starred clue does? |
| 44% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 44% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 44% | HOLISTICDIET | 12 | Component of balanced health ... and what each answer to a starred clue looks like it should be part of? |
| 44% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 44% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 43% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 43% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 43% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 42% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 42% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 41% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| 40% | 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? |
| 40% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |