| 100% | TOPNOTES | 8 | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 84% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 84% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 83% | YEARONYEAR | 10 | Like some annual accounting comparisons, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 80% | WILDHORSES | 10 | 1971 Stones hit, or what can be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 76% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 76% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 76% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 76% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 75% | COMEDANCING | 11 | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 75% | DANCEMOVES | 10 | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 74% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 71% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 68% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 68% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | THATSRICH | 9 | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 63% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 62% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |
| 62% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |