| 100% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 58% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 54% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 53% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 50% | BREAKSTHEFOURTHWALL | 19 | Delivers an aside, as this puzzle's starred answers literally do |
| 50% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 49% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 48% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 48% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 47% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 46% | PUTAPININIT | 11 | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 46% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 45% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 45% | SKIPAGENERATION | 15 | Go from grandparent to grandchild ... or what this puzzle's starred entries do? |
| 45% | TURNEDTHETABLES | 15 | Shifted an advantage, and what we've done in this puzzle's circles |
| 45% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 45% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 45% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 45% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 45% | BREAKASTORY | 11 | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 44% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 44% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 44% | SKIPJACK | 8 | Certain tuna ... or what this puzzle's 10 starred clues do |
| 44% | SPREADEM | 8 | Cop's order before frisking, and what to do with the starts of the starred answers |
| 44% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 44% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 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% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 43% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |