| 100% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentiously cultured, and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | AYEAYE | 6 | "Yes, captain" ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 79% | ESCAPEE | 7 | Search dogs' target ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 78% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 74% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 74% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 73% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 73% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | GATECHANGE | 10 | Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | KEEPANEYEOUT | 12 | "Stay alert!," or a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | ENEMY | 5 | Adversary, and a phonetic hint to trigrams within the starred answers |
| 65% | ONTHEEDGE | 9 | Exciting but dangerous way to live, and a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 65% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 64% | SISI | 4 | "Oui! Oui!" in Oaxaca, and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 63% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook ... or a literal hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 63% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 62% | EYECONTACT | 10 | Public speaker's asset, and a phonetic hint to a feature of the starred answers |
| 61% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 61% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 60% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |