| 100% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 86% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 81% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 81% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 78% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 76% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 75% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 74% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 74% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 73% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 72% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 72% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 72% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 72% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 71% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 71% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 71% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 71% | COATTAILS | 9 | Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 71% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 71% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 70% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 70% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 70% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 70% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 69% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 69% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | CHECKLIST | 9 | To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| 69% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 69% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 68% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |