| 100% | EGOBOOSTS | 9 | Lifts for one's self-esteem, and what's been given to the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 59% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 58% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | COMEDANCING | 11 | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | DANCEMOVES | 10 | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 56% | THATSRICH | 9 | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | "You're blocking the view!," and what is needed to complete the answers to the starred clues? |
| 56% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 55% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 55% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 55% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 55% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 54% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 54% | FILLERWORD | 10 | Sound added to everyday speech, and what's been added to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 54% | CHRISTIANROCK | 13 | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |
| 54% | SUPERFOOD | 9 | Marketing term for nutrient-rich fare, or what the answers to the starred clues are |