| 100% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 61% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | FRUITTOPPING | 12 | Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 58% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 58% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | GRANDPA | 7 | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 57% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 57% | ASHOTIN | 7 | With 52-Across, wild guess ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 57% | FEMALELEAD | 10 | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" … or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 57% | FALSE | 5 | With 68-Across, sprinter's infraction, or what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 56% | GLOWUP | 6 | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 56% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 56% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 56% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 56% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 56% | BROKENBONES | 11 | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 55% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 54% | DOWNFEATHERS | 12 | Warm winter coat contents ... or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 54% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 54% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 54% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 54% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 53% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 53% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 53% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | FISHHEAD | 8 | Ingredient in some Asian soup, or, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| 53% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 52% | INNER | 5 | With 60-Down, what the answer to each starred clue has |