| 100% | WATERFRONT | 10 | Like oceanside resort property ... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? |
| 74% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 66% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 66% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 63% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 62% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 59% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 59% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 58% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 58% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 58% | BARMENU | 7 | List including nachos, sliders, wings, etc. ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 58% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 57% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 57% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 57% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 56% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 56% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 56% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 55% | PATHFINDERS | 11 | Explorers ... and ones who can determine what the answers to starred clues have in common? |
| 55% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 54% | FISHHEADS | 9 | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 54% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 54% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 54% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | ANIMALRIGHTS | 12 | Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 54% | SECONDLOOK | 10 | Reappraisal, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| 53% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 53% | SIDEOFFRIES | 11 | Combo meal component, and what the answers to the starred clues have |