| 100% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 78% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 73% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 72% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 66% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 66% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 65% | WATERFRONT | 10 | Like oceanside resort property ... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? |
| 65% | AHEADOF | 7 | Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 64% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 63% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 61% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 61% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 59% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 59% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 59% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 59% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 59% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 59% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 59% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 59% | STUFFIT | 7 | "Shut up already!" ... or what you can do to the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 59% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 59% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 58% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 58% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 58% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |