| 100% | HAVEABALL | 9 | Enjoy oneself, and what the starred answers do |
| 76% | HAVEASHOT | 9 | Might succeed, and what the starred answers do |
| 74% | HAVEAHEART | 10 | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| 73% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Neither gain nor lose money, and what the starred answers do |
| 71% | CRASH | 5 | Sound of cymbals, and what the starred answers might do |
| 69% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |
| 65% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 65% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 64% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 64% | FALL | 4 | What the starred answers do (or did) |
| 63% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 63% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 63% | CUTTHECARDS | 11 | Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 63% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 62% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 62% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 62% | HIDE | 4 | With 73-Across, space-saving furniture, and what the answers to the starred clues each do |
| 62% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 62% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |
| 62% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 61% | BREAKUP | 7 | Split, and, in another way, what the starred answers do |
| 61% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 60% | FAKENEWS | 8 | Inaccurate information, and what the starred answers have in common |
| 60% | MASTERPIECES | 12 | Artistic triumphs, and what the starred answers are created from |
| 60% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 60% | BAREBACK | 8 | Riding without a saddle, and what the starred answers all have |
| 59% | TREETOPS | 8 | Places with bird's-eye views, and what the starred answers have |
| 57% | LETOFFSTEAM | 11 | Release pent-up emotions, or what the starred answers can do |
| 57% | GETSTHEAX | 9 | Is fired, and what each starred answer does |