| 100% | UPRATE | 6 | Raise from three to four stars, as a hotel |
| 45% | RATES | 5 | Assigns stars to, as a hotel |
| 43% | RAMBO | 5 | Stallone's role as a former POW in four action movies from 1982 to 2008 |
| 42% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 38% | RATE | 4 | Assign three or four stars to |
| 37% | RATED | 5 | Gave three or four stars to, say |
| 37% | DEADLIFT | 8 | Raise a barbell from the ground to hips |
| 36% | ENZI | 4 | Mike who served as a Wyoming senator from 1997 to 2021 |
| 36% | TURNDOWNSERVICE | 15 | Hotel amenity, and a hint to three puzzle answers |
| 36% | RERATE | 6 | Change from five stars to three, say |
| 36% | RATED | 5 | Gave three stars to a movie, perhaps |
| 36% | YAW | 3 | Move from side to side, as a ship |
| 36% | RIPEN | 5 | Turn from green to yellow, as a banana |
| 36% | ROT | 3 | Turn from yellow to brown, as a banana |
| 36% | FLITTED | 7 | Moved from flower to flower, as a butterfly |
| 35% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 35% | CENTRUM | 7 | Vitamin brand promoted as "Complete from A to Zinc" |
| 35% | IRS | 3 | April 15 org., or, as a plural, a hint to four long puzzle answers |
| 34% | VETO | 4 | Refuse to endorse, as a bill from Congress |
| 34% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 34% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 34% | LOOSE | 5 | Ready to fall out, as pages from a book |
| 34% | PINSUP | 6 | Starts to raise, as a hem |
| 34% | INTHECROSSHAIRS | 15 | Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | TEASEUP | 7 | Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 34% | ALDA | 4 | Star as a sitcom surgeon |
| 33% | THREEPEATS | 10 | Features of the answers to starred clues, from a trademarked sports term |
| 33% | RATE | 4 | Assign stars to, as a critic might |
| 33% | RATIO | 5 | Three to four or 10:1 |