| 100% | PRNDL | 5 | Gearshift letters, in the order they're shifted in the starred answers |
| 53% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Attitude shift, and the shift found in five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 50% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 49% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | FLIESSOUTH | 10 | Migrates for the winter, and a hint to the shift in the starred answers |
| 47% | CARS | 4 | They're ''parked'' in the four longest Across answers |
| 46% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 46% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 45% | AEIOU | 5 | Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue |
| 45% | BINGO | 5 | Winning exclamation aptly arranged and spelled by the standalone letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 45% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 44% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | SETLIST | 7 | Itemized concert songs in playing order ... and what all the words in answers to starred clues comprise |
| 43% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 43% | AWRINKLEINTIME | 14 | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | STOCKEXCHANGE | 13 | Wall Street site, and what happened in order to form the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | SCIENTIST | 9 | Person who would wear the article of clothing spelled out in the first letters of the starred answers |
| 42% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 42% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | TWICE | 5 | The Process of Elimination: In the answer to each starred clue, cross out any letter that appears ___; then read the letters that remain |
| 41% | DOVETAILS | 9 | Fits together nicely . . . or a description of the last words of the starred clues’ answers, when read in order? |
| 41% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | GROUPCHAT | 9 | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| 41% | ABCDF | 5 | Tripled letters in the longest Across answers |
| 41% | TAXRETURNS | 10 | They're filed this time of year, and a hint to portions of the starred answers |
| 40% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |