| 100% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 71% | MISDIAL | 7 | Get to the wrong party, in a way |
| 65% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 64% | ARBITRATE | 9 | Get in the middle of, in a way |
| 63% | OBSTRUCT | 8 | To get in the way of something |
| 63% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 62% | PUNT | 4 | Get rid of the ball, in a way |
| 62% | WRINGS | 6 | Gets the water out of, in a way |
| 61% | CORER | 5 | It gets to the heart of the matter |
| 60% | EGOS | 4 | They can get in the way of a deal |
| 60% | EGO | 3 | One may get in the way of a collaboration |
| 60% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 58% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 58% | SOLVE | 5 | Get to the bottom of, as a mystery |
| 58% | BREASTED | 8 | Got to the top of, as a hill |
| 58% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |
| 57% | ARRIVED | 7 | Got to the end of a journey |
| 57% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 56% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 56% | AGELESSLY | 9 | In a way that never seems to get older |
| 56% | CROSS | 5 | Get to the other side of a road, say |
| 56% | MEDICALLY | 9 | In a way related to treatment of illness or injury |
| 56% | STEAL | 5 | Get to second base, in a way |
| 56% | PLOW | 4 | Get off the street, in a way |
| 56% | TOW | 3 | Get off the road, in a way |
| 56% | STOLE | 5 | Got to second base, in a way |
| 56% | LEAPT | 5 | Got off the ground, in a way |
| 55% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 55% | OUTSMARTS | 9 | Gets the better of in a battle of wits |
| 54% | BOARDGAMELY | 11 | Get on the train, in a plucky way? |