| 100% | FREE | 4 | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 63% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| 57% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
| 54% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 54% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | EDU | 3 | URL ending associated with the beginnings of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 52% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | CHRISTMASEVE | 12 | Apt phrase spelled out by the first letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 50% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 49% | RNS | 3 | Hosp. staffers, or an initial feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | MOUNTAINCLIMBER | 15 | One who encounters the last parts of the answers to the starred clues on the way up |
| 49% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | EYE | 3 | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |
| 49% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | DEBUG | 5 | Work on software, and work to make sense of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 48% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |
| 48% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 48% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |