| 100% | ALLAY | 5 | Like a synchronized answer from the ship's crew? |
| 43% | ASHES | 5 | Like a phoenix rising from the ___ |
| 42% | ALTERED | 7 | Like a dress back from the tailor |
| 42% | SHINY | 5 | Like a penny fresh from the mint |
| 42% | ERRANT | 6 | Like a wild throw from the outfield |
| 42% | MOD | 3 | Like a stylish person from the '60s |
| 42% | REBORN | 6 | Like a phoenix rising from the ashes |
| 42% | WARMASTOAST | 11 | Like a blanket fresh from the dryer |
| 42% | ASEA | 4 | Like a ship in the ocean |
| 42% | SLY | 3 | Like a fox from the fables |
| 42% | RETRO | 5 | Like a blast from the past |
| 41% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on the ocean floor |
| 41% | MAST | 4 | Pole that supports the crow's nest on a ship |
| 41% | ATSEA | 5 | Like a ship crossing the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PAPAL | 5 | Like a visit from the Bishop of Rome |
| 41% | INDOOR | 6 | Like a swimming pool protected from the elements |
| 40% | ASHES | 5 | "Rise like a phoenix from the ___" |
| 40% | ULNAR | 5 | Like a bone from the elbow to the wrist |
| 40% | ALEE | 4 | Sheltered from the wind, on a ship |
| 40% | ALEE | 4 | Away from the wind, on a ship |
| 40% | ICEBOUND | 8 | Stuck, like a ship in the Arctic |
| 40% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on the ocean floor, rhymes with "dunk" |
| 40% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | BRANCHED | 8 | Diverged from the main path, like a tree |
| 39% | ACRID | 5 | Like the stink from a skunk |
| 39% | STAGE | 5 | "All the world's a ___" (Shakespeare line from "As You Like It") |
| 39% | AID | 3 | Helping hand, like a response from the Red Cross |
| 39% | TWOPARTY | 8 | Like the U.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | PEA | 3 | Garden vegetable that sounds like a letter from the alphabet |
| 38% | OVERBOARD | 9 | From a ship or boat into the water |