| 100% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 65% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 61% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 60% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Freelance for extra income ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 58% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 58% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 57% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 57% | PANDG | 5 | Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 57% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | 2000 novelty hit ... or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 56% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 56% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 56% | DOWNSIZE | 8 | Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 56% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | PANDA | 5 | World Wildlife Fund logo ... or a three-word hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 56% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 55% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 55% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |