| 100% | FALLINGFLAT | 11 | Failing utterly ... or a British hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 77% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 73% | THREEINAROW | 11 | Tic-tac-toe win ... or hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 73% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | THINKTANK | 9 | Research institute ... or, when read as a direction, a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | DRESSINGDOWNS | 13 | Severe reprimands, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | PLAYMATES | 9 | Sandbox sharers ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | HEAVYMETAL | 10 | Rock genre ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | COMMONSENSE | 11 | Practical judgment ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 68% | TIES | 4 | Binds ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | MOVIETRAILERS | 13 | "Coming attractions" offerings, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 68% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 68% | BUTTONDOWN | 10 | Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 68% | GOFETCH | 7 | Dog command … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 67% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 66% | WINDOWS8 | 8 | 2012 software release ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | GIMME | 5 | Tot's sassy demand ... or a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 65% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 65% | PLUMBERS | 8 | '70s covert White House intelligence group ... and, in a more conventional sense, a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | SAFETYFIRST | 11 | Cautionary workplace axiom ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | WHATGOESUP | 10 | Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 64% | SIXFLAGS | 8 | Popular day trip destination ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 64% | ASP | 3 | Symbolic Egyptian snake, which includes the start of a hint to the answers to starred clues |