| 100% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 80% | DOUBLESPACE | 11 | Word processing option, and a hint to what can follow the words of the starred answers |
| 70% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| 68% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| 63% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | FIRESIDES | 9 | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 62% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 62% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 61% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 61% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 59% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 58% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 57% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | ZEN | 3 | "Your Moment of ___," and a hint to what's added to the starred answers |
| 56% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 56% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 56% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 56% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 56% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 56% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 55% | DOUBLETAKE | 10 | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 55% | CORNERBARS | 10 | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| 55% | COLDSPELL | 9 | Stretch of chilly weather, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues amount to, phonetically? |
| 55% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |