| 100% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 70% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 65% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 62% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 61% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 60% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 59% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 59% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 58% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 57% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| 57% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 56% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 56% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 55% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 53% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 53% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 53% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 53% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 53% | DOUBLETAKE | 10 | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |