| 100% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 86% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 84% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 82% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 80% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 78% | WISECRACK | 9 | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| 75% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 74% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 74% | HOOKANDLADDER | 13 | Type of fire truck ... or a description of the initials of the starred clues' answers? |
| 73% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 73% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 72% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 72% | SPACETRAVEL | 11 | Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? |
| 71% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 69% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 68% | HUMANNATURE | 11 | Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 68% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 68% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 68% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Express lack of interest on Tinder ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 68% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 67% | ITCOUPLES | 9 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | HALFOFF | 7 | Discounted 50% ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | HIDDENFEES | 10 | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | World hot spot ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Invitation-only debut ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |