| 100% | CAPITALGAIN | 11 | Good news for investors, as seen literally in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 58% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | MODUSOPERANDI | 13 | Plan of action, as "initially" found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 54% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | AEIOU | 5 | Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | ADAPTATION | 10 | *2002 movie in which a Susan Orlean work is described as “that sprawling New Yorker shit” . . . or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 53% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 52% | TEASEUP | 7 | Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | 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 |
| 52% | LAYERCAKE | 9 | *Dessert literally represented in six pairs of answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | BREAK | 5 | With 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the circled squares literally do in the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 51% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 51% | DRESSFORSUCCESS | 15 | Look the part, as in the answers to the "Step" clues, both literally and figuratively |
| 51% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 51% | BIGEASY | 7 | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| 51% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 51% | BACKTOBACK | 10 | How TV episodes are binge-watched ... or how to turn each word in the answers to the starred clues into a new phrase |
| 50% | LOSEWEIGHT | 10 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 50% | FALLAPART | 9 | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 49% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 49% | ALEGUP | 6 | Competitive edge, as illustrated in the answers to starred clues from left to right |