| 100% | CRASS | 5 | Rude … or, without its first two letters, rude person |
| 57% | OINK | 4 | It comes out of a pen, either with or without its first letter |
| 48% | EVIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 48% | EDIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 48% | EVIE | 4 | Nickname that sounds like its first two letters |
| 47% | ALCOA | 5 | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| 47% | EDIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 47% | EVIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 47% | ICEE | 4 | Frozen drink brand that sounds like its first two letters |
| 46% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 46% | SELECT | 6 | Pick, with or without the first letter |
| 45% | BUMPS | 5 | Raises, likewise without its first and third letter |
| 45% | PLOTS | 5 | Units of land, with or without the first letter |
| 44% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital that ends with its state's first two letters |
| 44% | MADAM | 5 | Polite term of address, with or without its third letter |
| 44% | BEER | 4 | Source of a buzz … with or without its last letter? |
| 44% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 44% | CHARY | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" |
| 44% | HILO | 4 | City whose first two letters are its state's postal abbreviation |
| 44% | SUITE | 5 | One might have three parts, with or without its last letter |
| 43% | SLUG | 4 | Fittingly, it shares the same first two letters with "slow" and "slimy" |
| 43% | INITIALLY | 9 | At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer? |
| 42% | YEN | 3 | Its symbol is its first letter with two lines through it |
| 42% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 41% | SAT | 3 | High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components |
| 41% | FACECARD | 8 | It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter |
| 40% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital whose last two letters are the first two letters of its state |
| 40% | MOSCOW | 6 | World capital whose last two letters are its first two letters upside down |
| 39% | THU | 3 | Abbr. for a word also with abbrs. by its first four or first five letters |