| 100% | ERASED | 6 | Like the previous clue (which originally read "Place of Jewish worship") |
| 36% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of this clue |
| 36% | PRIME | 5 | Like the number of this clue |
| 36% | EVEN | 4 | Like the number of this clue |
| 35% | AMISH | 5 | Like the founder of Auntie Anne's, originally |
| 35% | ODD | 3 | Like the cube root of this clue number |
| 34% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "ironic" in place of "unfortunate," often |
| 34% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | Overseas, like the sets of starred clues |
| 34% | TYPO | 4 | Feature of the previous clue |
| 34% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 34% | PARENTHETIC | 11 | Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation) |
| 34% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 33% | SEWEDUP | 7 | Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | PURIM | 5 | Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read |
| 32% | PURIM | 5 | Jewish festival when the Book of Esther is read |
| 32% | IDOL | 4 | Thing of which the Bible forbids worship |
| 32% | EURASIAN | 8 | Like the Ural Mountains, which form part of the border between two continents |
| 32% | CONTROVERSIAL | 13 | Like Merriam-Webster's inclusion of the word "irregardless," originally |
| 32% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 31% | PACIFIC | 7 | Ocean in which the Battle of Midway took place |
| 31% | THEORYHEAD | 10 | Avid reader of Derrida, Spivak, Irigaray, and the like |
| 31% | FREE | 4 | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 31% | DRUNK | 5 | Like the kereru pigeons of New Zealand, which fall out of trees after eating fermented fruit |
| 31% | RECUT | 5 | Like the 1997 Special Edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in which Greedo shoots first |
| 31% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | ECONOMIC | 8 | Like much of the discussion that took place on "Nightly Business Report" |
| 31% | BRUSSELS | 8 | Capital of Belgium which is famous for the Grand Place |
| 31% | BOSTON | 6 | City in which the Battle of Bunker Hill took place |
| 31% | DOGEARED | 8 | Like the pages of a well-read book |
| 31% | PARADISE | 8 | Perfect place, like the Garden of Eden |