| 100% | ROOKIEMISTAKE | 13 | Error the answers to starred clues might make |
| 67% | HOTPANTS | 8 | Sexy '70s fad ... and where the answers to starred clues might be found? |
| 67% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 60% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 59% | BAR | 3 | Judging by their names, where the answers to the four starred clues might be found? |
| 58% | PIC | 3 | Shot surrounding the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | SMILE | 5 | Expression shared by the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | STRINGENSEMBLES | 15 | Chamber groups ... and the answers to starred clues? |
| 57% | WELLROUNDEDDIET | 15 | Nutritionist's recommendation … or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly literal person? |
| 57% | DOWNGRADE | 9 | Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | CARS | 4 | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| 57% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Magic trick that affects the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | BOX | 3 | Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ | 15 | What might tempt the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 57% | THREELINES | 10 | Feature of haiku, and of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 57% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Net profit, and what the answers to starred clues have |
| 57% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 57% | NORTHERNLIGHTS | 14 | Arctic spectacle ... and what the answers to starred clues have? |
| 57% | MIDDLEGROUND | 12 | Compromising standpoint ... and what the answers to starred clues contain? |
| 57% | AANDE | 5 | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 56% | TIGHTENDS | 9 | Some football linemen ... and what the answers to starred clues have? |
| 56% | DOUBLEDATES | 11 | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 56% | SPECIALK | 8 | Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? |
| 56% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 56% | MLB | 3 | Org. in which you'd hear the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | EIGHTBALLS | 10 | "Magic" toys ... or what the answers to starred clues add up to? |
| 56% | HIGHCHAIRS | 10 | Perches for tots, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 56% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |