| 100% | BRANDED | 7 | Labeled ... or, divided into three parts, what surrounds the answers to starred clues |
| 73% | GRANDPA | 7 | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 67% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 55% | MIND | 4 | What surrounds the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | CARS | 4 | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| 49% | PIC | 3 | Shot surrounding the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 49% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 49% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 48% | GOINCIRCLES | 11 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 48% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 48% | STOP | 4 | "Freeze!" ... or, when broken into three parts, how the answer for each of the six starred clues goes |
| 48% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 48% | TRITE | 5 | Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | EIGHTBALLS | 10 | "Magic" toys ... or what the answers to starred clues add up to? |
| 46% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 46% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 46% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 45% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 45% | REDCROSS | 8 | Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes ... or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues |
| 45% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 45% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 45% | CROSS | 5 | Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 45% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 45% | HALFANDHALF | 11 | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | WOODYALLENFILMS | 15 | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
| 45% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Startling revelations, or what the answers to the starred clues have, phonetically |
| 44% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |