| 100% | VITAMIN | 7 | Each is essential to be healthy, can be A, B, D |
| 44% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "We could be here for a bit...," and a hint to each circled word |
| 43% | LOGIC | 5 | "___ will get you from A to B. Imagination can take you everywhere" (statement attributed to Einstein) |
| 43% | AHEADOFTIME | 11 | Early, or a hint to where each half of each starred answer can be found |
| 42% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 42% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 41% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 41% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 41% | ANTENNA | 7 | This is essential to a radio |
| 40% | BLOODTYPE | 9 | Medical group, could be A, B, AB or O |
| 40% | CUD | 3 | What can be a lot to stomach? |
| 40% | LOAN | 4 | It could be a credit to anyone |
| 40% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Hanging on to it can be a technical foul |
| 38% | CELSIUS | 7 | A temperature scale, can be changed to Fahrenheit |
| 38% | CUCUMBER | 8 | A pickle can never return to being this |
| 38% | ALLYOUCAN | 9 | A bottomless buffet can be referred to as __ eat |
| 38% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Term for an item that is essential to a film's plot |
| 37% | UPHILL | 6 | A challenge can be likened to this kind of battle |
| 37% | FRIEND | 6 | A person you like to be around; you can choose |
| 37% | BLOODTYPE | 9 | Yours could be O, A, B or AB |
| 37% | VITAMINS | 8 | A, B, C, D and E, to nutritionists |
| 37% | MIC | 3 | It can be dropped to prove a point |
| 37% | NYLON | 5 | It can be used to make a racket |
| 37% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that can be added to a McFlurry |
| 37% | SOD | 3 | What can be unrolled to create a lawn |
| 37% | ROM | 3 | It can't be written to, in a PC |
| 37% | DRE | 3 | Name that can be rearranged to spell a color |
| 37% | PAPER | 5 | It can be folded to make a simple airplane |