| 100% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 86% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 85% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 85% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 83% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 75% | RAINBOW | 7 | What the starts of the answers to the seven starred clues constitute |
| 75% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 74% | EDU | 3 | URL ending associated with the beginnings of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 74% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 74% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 74% | OCEAN | 5 | Body that appears at the start of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 74% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 74% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 73% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 72% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 72% | MENSA | 5 | Group described by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 71% | WHITEHOUSEDOG | 13 | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with |
| 71% | SEWEDUP | 7 | Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 70% | GOAT | 4 | Superlative acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | YOLO | 4 | "Carpe diem" acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | MAANDPA | 7 | Rural couple ... or what the respective halves of the answers to the four starred clues start with |
| 68% | AHEADOF | 7 | Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | FREE | 4 | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |