| 100% | BREAD | 5 | Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 75% | ALAMODE | 7 | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 72% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 72% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 69% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 69% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 68% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 67% | POSTCARD | 8 | Vacation memento ... or where you might find the ends of the answers to starred clues? |
| 67% | BOMBSQUAD | 9 | Specialized unit seeking explosives ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 67% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 67% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | FAMILYGAMENIGHT | 15 | Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played |
| 66% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | EYE | 3 | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |
| 66% | WHOVILLE | 8 | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 66% | PENTATHLON | 10 | Summer Olympics contest whose participants do the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 65% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | WNBAFINALS | 10 | Championship series where fans hope to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 65% | CHEWTOY | 7 | Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 64% | PHASER | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | RAYGUN | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | KETO | 4 | Diet that involves eating fat, cutting carbs, and avoiding the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | NOTWOSOUNDALIKE | 15 | What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 64% | COMPUTERNERD | 12 | One who might use one of the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |