| 100% | COATTAILS | 9 | Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 71% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 67% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 67% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 65% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 62% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 62% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 61% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 61% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 61% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 61% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| 60% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 60% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 60% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 60% | HOWTOFIX | 8 | With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of |
| 60% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 60% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 59% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 59% | TRAINCREW | 9 | Engineer, brakeman and conductor ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 59% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 58% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 58% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 58% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 58% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 58% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 57% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 57% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 56% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 56% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 56% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |