| 100% | STARSTUDDED | 11 | Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? |
| 66% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| 63% | REDSHIFTED | 10 | Like light from stars moving away from us ... or like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 63% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 62% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 62% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 62% | ATSEA | 5 | Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used |
| 61% | SPINCLASSES | 11 | Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 61% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 59% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 58% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 57% | NOIFSANDSORBUTS | 15 | Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues? |
| 56% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 56% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 56% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 56% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear |
| 56% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 56% | THEBRONTES | 10 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 56% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 56% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) |
| 55% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 55% | BENTOUT | 7 | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| 55% | DOTHEMATH | 9 | "Figure it out!" … or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues |
| 55% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 55% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 55% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 55% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 54% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 54% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 54% | YOUKNOWTHEREST | 14 | "Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |