| 100% | AGELESS | 7 | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| 52% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | BIGEASY | 7 | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| 49% | DRIVEN | 6 | Like the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | SEALEDWITHAKISS | 15 | Love letter message often accompanied by a lipstick mark, and what the answers to the starred clues are, thanks to their circled letters |
| 49% | MIGHTYDUCKS | 11 | NHL team who played their first game in 1993 (and the team featured in the Disney films with cameos by the answers to the starred clues) (2 wds.) |
| 49% | WATERFRONT | 10 | Like oceanside resort property ... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? |
| 48% | DOG | 3 | ___ days (time of summer suggested by the answers to the starred clues) |
| 48% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | INTHERED | 8 | Owing, like the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | DISMISSAL | 9 | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | STUCKINARUT | 11 | Trapped by mundanity ... and hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | GOESOUTWITHABANG | 16 | Finishes in grand style, like the answers to the starred clues? |
| 47% | SECONDLOOK | 10 | Reappraisal, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| 47% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 47% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 47% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 47% | TIMESLOT | 8 | Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain |
| 47% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 47% | BEARHUGS | 8 | Tight embraces, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 47% | CHEESEFILLING | 13 | Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 47% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 47% | DRESSINGDOWN | 12 | Severe scolding, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 46% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 46% | ANIMALRIGHTS | 12 | Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 46% | LETTEROPENERS | 13 | Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 46% | CELESTIALMUSIC | 14 | Heavenly sounds, and what the answers to the starred clues could be called |
| 46% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 46% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 46% | FRUITFILLED | 11 | Like some flavorful pastries . . . or the answers to the starred clues? |