| 100% | CUTTHECARDS | 11 | Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 68% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 68% | BREAKASTORY | 11 | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 67% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 66% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 66% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 65% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 65% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 64% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| 63% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 62% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 61% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 60% | MAKEENDSMEET | 12 | Get by ... or what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 60% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 60% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 60% | TIMESLOT | 8 | Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain |
| 60% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 60% | BEARHUGS | 8 | Tight embraces, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 60% | CHEESEFILLING | 13 | Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 60% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 60% | DRESSINGDOWN | 12 | Severe scolding, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 60% | ANIMALRIGHTS | 12 | Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 60% | LETTEROPENERS | 13 | Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 60% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 59% | PAIROFPANTS | 11 | Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 59% | HIDE | 4 | With 73-Across, space-saving furniture, and what the answers to the starred clues each do |
| 59% | ORDERUP | 7 | Diner call ... and what the answer to each starred clue literally contains |
| 59% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | Messages containing X's and O's, and what the answers to the starred clues literally describe? |
| 58% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 58% | GODOWNTOTHEWIRE | 15 | Remain uncertain until the very end, and what the answers to the starred clues do? |