| 100% | UNSAVED | 7 | Liable to be lost, in a way |
| 67% | MANIC | 5 | To be excited in a way that suggests frenzy |
| 66% | IRREFUTABLY | 11 | In a way not to be disproved |
| 65% | EQUITABLY | 9 | In a way that is fair to all |
| 62% | CARDED | 6 | Found to be legal, in a way |
| 62% | DEALT | 5 | Ready to be played, in a way |
| 62% | HALAL | 5 | Permissible to be eaten, in a way |
| 62% | TUNED | 5 | Ready to be played, in a way |
| 62% | SECRET | 6 | Not to be shared, in a way |
| 62% | SANE | 4 | Fit to be tried, in a way |
| 62% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | Trying to be quiet, in a way |
| 62% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, in a way |
| 62% | RISE | 4 | Respond to being baked, in a way |
| 62% | DIETS | 5 | Tries to lose, in a way |
| 61% | SLURRED | 7 | Was hard to understand, in a way |
| 61% | SASS | 4 | Be disrespectful to, in a way |
| 61% | RATON | 5 | Be disloyal to, in a way |
| 61% | VERSATILE | 9 | Able to be used in a number of different ways |
| 59% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 57% | THRESHOLD | 9 | Way in to a home, over which brides may be carried |
| 56% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 56% | SAVES | 5 | Makes sure one's progress won't be lost, in a way |
| 55% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 55% | OVERTIP | 7 | Be generous to a fault, in a way |
| 55% | DATA | 4 | It may be lost in a crash |
| 55% | POWER | 5 | It might be lost in a storm |
| 55% | THREW | 5 | Lost, in a way |
| 55% | ELUDE | 5 | Lose, in a way |
| 55% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who was lost in a Pixar movie |
| 54% | CERTIFIABLY | 11 | In a way that is confirmed |