| 100% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 81% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 71% | HITIT | 5 | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 65% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 61% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 59% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 59% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 58% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 58% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 57% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 57% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 57% | JENNY | 5 | Woman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 56% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 56% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 56% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 56% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 56% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 55% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 55% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 55% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 55% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 54% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 54% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 54% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |