| 100% | JACKSPRAT | 9 | Nursery rhyme guy whose last name inspired the answers to starred clues? |
| 43% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | 1960's TV hit … whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 40% | PIC | 3 | Shot surrounding the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 40% | ROOKIEMISTAKE | 13 | Error the answers to starred clues might make |
| 40% | SMILE | 5 | Expression shared by the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | STRINGENSEMBLES | 15 | Chamber groups ... and the answers to starred clues? |
| 40% | JAYZ | 4 | Rapper whose name hints at the extremities of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 39% | HORSE | 5 | Animal whose coat colors end the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | MLB | 3 | Org. in which you'd hear the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | DOWNGRADE | 9 | Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | CARS | 4 | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| 39% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Magic trick that affects the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | BOX | 3 | Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | RNS | 3 | Hosp. staffers, or an initial feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | THREELINES | 10 | Feature of haiku, and of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 39% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Net profit, and what the answers to starred clues have |
| 39% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 39% | NORTHERNLIGHTS | 14 | Arctic spectacle ... and what the answers to starred clues have? |
| 39% | MIDDLEGROUND | 12 | Compromising standpoint ... and what the answers to starred clues contain? |
| 39% | AANDE | 5 | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 38% | TIGHTENDS | 9 | Some football linemen ... and what the answers to starred clues have? |
| 38% | DOUBLEDATES | 11 | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 38% | SPECIALK | 8 | Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? |
| 38% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 38% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |