| 100% | DREWALINE | 9 | Did or didn't agree to end the illustrators' strike? |
| 45% | ADDEDPUNCH | 10 | Did or didn't dilute the prom bowlful? |
| 44% | TOOKAHIKE | 9 | Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing? |
| 39% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 39% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 39% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 38% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 38% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 37% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue |
| 36% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | CUTANEOUS | 9 | To do with or affecting the skin |
| 35% | SHOTSUBPAR | 10 | Did or didn't play a good round of golf? |
| 35% | DROPPEDTHEBALL | 14 | Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony? |
| 35% | POLLICAL | 8 | To do with or relating to the thumb |
| 34% | ITSASTEAL | 9 | "Can't beat that price!" or a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 34% | CONCUR | 6 | To agree with or be of the same opinion |
| 34% | JUSTIFIES | 9 | What the end does to the means |
| 34% | REFUSE | 6 | Don't agree to do |
| 33% | TAPON | 5 | Something to do to a shoulder or the brakes |
| 33% | BROKETHERECORD | 14 | Did or didn't surpass a D.J.'s mark for accident-free days? |
| 33% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 32% | ACTED | 5 | Didn't wait to make the decision |
| 32% | ERRED | 5 | Didn't do the right thing |
| 32% | III | 3 | The third ... or a hint to the rhyming ends of every Across answer |
| 32% | REDPENCIL | 9 | Mark up with edits, or the tool used to do so |
| 32% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 32% | ZIGZAGGED | 9 | Didn't get straight to the point? |