| 100% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 82% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 82% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 80% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 76% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 76% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 73% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 73% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 70% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 70% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 70% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 69% | DOWNFEATHERS | 12 | Warm winter coat contents ... or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 69% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 69% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 69% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 69% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 69% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 68% | TRUCKDRIVER | 11 | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| 68% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 68% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 67% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 67% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 67% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 67% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 66% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 66% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 66% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 65% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |