| 100% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 88% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 87% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 84% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 83% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 82% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 79% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 79% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 79% | BACKSPACE | 9 | PC key with a left-pointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 75% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 73% | ITSADATE | 8 | "I'm there!" ... and hint to the first part of the answers to starred clues |
| 73% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 73% | BREAKITUP | 9 | Stop a fight ... and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 72% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 71% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 71% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 71% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 70% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 70% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 69% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 69% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 67% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 67% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 67% | BOYOHBOY | 8 | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | COLDSPELL | 9 | Stretch of chilly weather, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues amount to, phonetically? |