| 100% | TONGAN | 6 | Like the Bills' Star Lotulelei and the Titans' Deuce Lutui, originally |
| 38% | BRITCOMS | 8 | The Office, originally, and the like |
| 36% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together": Thomas Fuller |
| 35% | FIRSTSTRING | 11 | Like the starting team, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | CRINOIDS | 8 | Marine animals like the sea lily and feather star |
| 35% | REMADE | 6 | Like the movie A Star Is Born, in 1954, 1976, and 2018 |
| 35% | LEOS | 4 | Bill Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the stars? |
| 34% | SPACESAGAS | 10 | "Star Wars" and the like |
| 34% | BTOB | 4 | Like intercompany trade, for short, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 34% | ROCKETEER | 9 | The —, 1991 adventure film starring Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly |
| 33% | AGELESS | 7 | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| 33% | TWOPARTY | 8 | Like the U.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | SIAMESE | 7 | Like the cats in "Lady and the Tramp" |
| 32% | MAYNARD | 7 | Bill —, actor-comedian who starred in ITV sitcoms Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! and The Gaffer |
| 32% | LONE | 4 | Like the Texas star |
| 32% | ALIST | 5 | Like the biggest stars |
| 32% | AMAZONIAN | 9 | Like the pink river dolphin and the giant otter |
| 32% | EVENING | 7 | & 5D The —, 1996 comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine and Bill Paxton |
| 31% | INDIE | 5 | Like the bands Japanese Breakfast and the Last Dinner Party |
| 31% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
| 31% | SPLIT | 5 | Divided, like the bill |
| 31% | ECOLOGICAL | 10 | Like the interactions between lifeforms and the environments that they inhabit |
| 31% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 31% | DIRECTEDBYIN/YANGLEE | 20 | Like the 1995 film "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 31% | BAROQUE | 7 | Like the works of Handel and Bach |
| 31% | ONETERM | 7 | Like the presidencies of Taft and Hoover |
| 31% | URBAN | 5 | Like the area between city and farm |
| 31% | NORSE | 5 | Like the mythology of Odin and Thor |
| 31% | OVAL | 4 | Like the logos for Subaru and Toyota |
| 31% | GREEK | 5 | Like the alphabet with alpha and beta |