| 100% | 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 |
| 50% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 44% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 42% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 42% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 42% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 41% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| 41% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 40% | PENTANGLES | 10 | Five-pointed stars ... or, in two words, what the sets of circles represent? |
| 39% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Like either word in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 39% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 39% | STOCKEXCHANGE | 13 | Wall Street site, and what happened in order to form the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) |
| 39% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 39% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 38% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | MATE | 4 | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | RISEANDFALL | 11 | Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 38% | SETLIST | 7 | Itemized concert songs in playing order ... and what all the words in answers to starred clues comprise |
| 38% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 38% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 38% | SEALEDWITHAKISS | 15 | Love letter message often accompanied by a lipstick mark, and what the answers to the starred clues are, thanks to their circled letters |
| 38% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 38% | SECRETCODE | 10 | What the answers to the six starred clues follow, as hinted at by 66-Across |