| 100% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 83% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 76% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 69% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 69% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 66% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| 65% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 65% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 64% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 62% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 62% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 61% | DROPTHEBEAT | 11 | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| 60% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | TAKETHE | 7 | With 62-Across, 1976 Steve Miller Band hit, and what you do to make the answers to the starred clues make sense |
| 59% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 59% | MAKEAFACE | 9 | Grimace, and what you can do by putting the ends of the starred answers together |
| 58% | GOGREEN | 7 | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| 58% | KEYWORD | 7 | Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 58% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 57% | SITONIT | 7 | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 57% | THEGAMBLER | 10 | 1978 Kenny Rogers hit, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 57% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 57% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 56% | BUZZWORDS | 9 | Snazzy jargon, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 56% | SEVENSEAS | 9 | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 56% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 56% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |