| 100% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Diamond in the rough ... or a literal feature of each answer to a starred clue |
| 71% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 65% | ENTAILS | 7 | Involves, or a phonetic feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 62% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 62% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 62% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 62% | FIVERS | 6 | Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |
| 60% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 60% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 59% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 58% | SPACETRAVEL | 11 | Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? |
| 58% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 58% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 58% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 57% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 57% | BEE | 3 | Creature found atop the apt part of each answer to a starred clue |
| 57% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 57% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 57% | DEARJOHNLETTERS | 15 | Things used for dumping ... or a literal hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 56% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 56% | FINALSEED | 9 | Last player selected for a Wimbledon ranking ... or part of each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 56% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Audio technique, or a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | HIDDENFEES | 10 | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |