| 100% | EYETESTS | 8 | Exams that are followed to the letter |
| 57% | JUSTTAKETHEL | 12 | "Oh, admit defeat already!," and advice that was followed to form the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 55% | OBEY | 4 | Follow to the letter |
| 55% | HEED | 4 | Follow to the letter |
| 55% | WRITEBACK | 9 | Follow to the letter? |
| 54% | BEE | 3 | Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? |
| 53% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 51% | BENDS | 5 | Doesn't follow to the letter, as rules |
| 51% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 50% | EYETESTS | 8 | Exams that are essentially impossible to study for |
| 49% | ORALS | 5 | Exams that are difficult to take while suffering from laryngitis |
| 49% | BRIDEZILLAS | 11 | Wedding reality show that follows the lives of women engaged to be married, often depicting "difficult" brides |
| 49% | VOWELS | 6 | The letters that are not consonants |
| 48% | ITS | 3 | Letters within the theme entries that are, literally, next to nothing |
| 48% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 48% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 48% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that is home to the Himalayas |
| 48% | NONSELF | 7 | Material that is foreign to the body |
| 48% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet that is closest to the sun |
| 48% | OBEYS | 5 | Follows instructions to the letter |
| 47% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Country that is home to the Hebrides Islands |
| 47% | ISTANBUL | 8 | City that is home to the Hagia Sophia |
| 47% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind that is related to the English horn |
| 47% | MOSCOW | 6 | City that is home to the Bolshoi Ballet |
| 47% | PERU | 4 | Nation that was home to the Incan empire |
| 47% | CRETE | 5 | Island that was home to the Minoan civilization |
| 47% | PERU | 4 | Country that was home to the Inca Empire |
| 47% | FLATBUSH | 8 | Neighborhood that was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 47% | HATEMAIL | 8 | Letters that are hard to read? |