| 100% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 77% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 69% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 69% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 68% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 68% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 67% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 66% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | PANDA | 5 | World Wildlife Fund logo ... or a three-word hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 66% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | TURNOFPHRASE | 12 | "Nice" expression ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 65% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Pass coverage tactic ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | GIS | 3 | USO show audience ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | UPPERCASE | 9 | Caps, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | TEAMMATES | 9 | They're on the same side ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | FIRSTSTRING | 11 | Like the starting team, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | TURNINGPRO | 10 | Leaving the amateur ranks, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | STOPIN | 6 | Visit briefly ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | LASTLAUGH | 9 | Ultimate satisfaction, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | BELLBOTTOMS | 11 | Retro pants, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | CANNEDHAMS | 10 | Spam relatives ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | OPENINGACT | 10 | Show starter ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack bet ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Wimbledon category, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | KEYWEST | 7 | Hemingway's 1930s Florida home, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |