| 100% | WHATABOUTISM | 12 | Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 73% | THEENDISJUST | 12 | With 43-Across, "When one door closes, another door opens," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | ALLKIDDINGASIDE | 15 | "But seriously," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | NOLA | 4 | Mardi Gras city nickname, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 62% | NOEL | 4 | Holiday song, and, phonetically, an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | WHOVILLE | 8 | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 52% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | ALAMODE | 7 | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 50% | SISI | 4 | "Oui! Oui!" in Oaxaca, and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | INFLIGHTENTERTAINMENT | 21 | Long-haul travel perk, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 48% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |
| 47% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 46% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | INTHEDOGHOUSE | 13 | Out of favor with one's partner, and where to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | PROSANDCONS | 11 | Both sides of an argument, and what have been switched to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 45% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? |
| 45% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |