| 100% | SHIPBUILDER | 11 | Professional who uses the first words of the starred answers |
| 63% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 63% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 62% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 61% | PUTONESFOOTINIT | 15 | Say the wrong thing, or what to do with the first words of the starred answers |
| 61% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 59% | POT | 3 | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| 58% | SCIENTIST | 9 | Person who would wear the article of clothing spelled out in the first letters of the starred answers |
| 58% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 58% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | HOLYTRINITY | 11 | Geometric doctrine of Christianity ... or the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 57% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 57% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 57% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 57% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 57% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 56% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| 56% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 56% | CHANGESONESTUNE | 15 | Starts looking at things differently, as demonstrated by the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | COLDSPELL | 9 | Stretch of chilly weather, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues amount to, phonetically? |
| 55% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 55% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | CBS late show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson ... or where to find the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | HINT | 4 | "The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g. |
| 54% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |