| 100% | BAR | 3 | Judging by their names, where the answers to the four starred clues might be found? |
| 58% | HOTPANTS | 8 | Sexy '70s fad ... and where the answers to starred clues might be found? |
| 56% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 54% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 53% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |
| 52% | FISHERMEN | 9 | What the answers to the four starred clues are? |
| 52% | 90SFADS | 7 | What the answers to the four starred clues are |
| 51% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 50% | RIGHTOFWAY | 10 | Crossroads concern, and where you might find the answers to starred clues' ending words |
| 49% | LEFTOFCENTER | 12 | Somewhat liberal, or where you might find the first words in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | LOSEWEIGHT | 10 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 49% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 48% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | POSTCARD | 8 | Vacation memento ... or where you might find the ends of the answers to starred clues? |
| 48% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 48% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 48% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 47% | ATSEA | 5 | Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used |
| 46% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's car unlawfully ... or where you might expect to find the creatures in the answers to starred clues? |
| 45% | SEARCHRESULTS | 13 | Google returns ... or the answers to the four starred clues |
| 45% | UNDERTHEWEATHER | 15 | Out of sorts ... or where four answer-ending words (see starred clues) can be found? |
| 45% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 45% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | THISISNOTATOY | 13 | Product warning label appropriate for the answers to the four starred clues |
| 45% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 44% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 44% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 44% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 44% | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ | 15 | What might tempt the answers to the six starred clues? |