| 100% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 72% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 71% | SUPERFOOD | 9 | Marketing term for nutrient-rich fare, or what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 71% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 71% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 69% | CHRISTIANROCK | 13 | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |
| 67% | STRIKEZONE | 10 | Home plate ump's concern ... or what the answer to each starred clue can be? |
| 67% | SHOWDOWNS | 9 | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| 66% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 65% | ADAPTATION | 10 | *2002 movie in which a Susan Orlean work is described as “that sprawling New Yorker shit” . . . or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 64% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 64% | POKERHAND | 9 | What the answer to each starred clue is |
| 64% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 64% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 63% | MAKEENDSMEET | 12 | Get by ... or what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 63% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Startling revelations, or what the answers to the starred clues have, phonetically |
| 63% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 62% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 62% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 62% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 62% | BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING | 20 | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 62% | GODOWNIN | 8 | With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 62% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 62% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 62% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 62% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 62% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 62% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 62% | TAKEOUTTHETRASH | 15 | What to do before the answers to the starred clues will make sense |
| 62% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |