| 100% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |
| 66% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 60% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 59% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 58% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 58% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 57% | GOINCIRCLES | 11 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 57% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 57% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 57% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 56% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 56% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 56% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 56% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 55% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | MOVEDOVER | 9 | Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 55% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ANOTHERDIMENSION | 16 | What a sci-fi portal might lead to ... or what's added successively to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | WISECRACK | 9 | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| 54% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 54% | CARBOLOADED | 11 | Fueled up before a big race, or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 54% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | CHANGEDONESTUNE | 15 | Adopted a new attitude, or what music producers did to create the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | HITIT | 5 | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |