| 100% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 65% | MIXEDGREENS | 11 | Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are? |
| 62% | DIFFRENTSTROKES | 15 | '70s-'80s series about the Drummond family ... and what the starts of four long answers are |
| 61% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 60% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 59% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 57% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 56% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 55% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 55% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 55% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 54% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 54% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 54% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 52% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 52% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 52% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 51% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 51% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 51% | MEMESTOCK | 9 | Investment popularized on social media, and what the long Across answers contain? |
| 51% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 51% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |
| 51% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 50% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 50% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 50% | CLUBSANDWICH | 12 | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| 50% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |