| 100% | TIMESLOT | 8 | Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain |
| 86% | ORDERUP | 7 | Diner call ... and what the answer to each starred clue literally contains |
| 84% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | Messages containing X's and O's, and what the answers to the starred clues literally describe? |
| 79% | HIGHCHAIRS | 10 | Perches for tots, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 79% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 78% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 78% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 78% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 78% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 78% | BEARHUGS | 8 | Tight embraces, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 78% | CHEESEFILLING | 13 | Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 78% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 78% | DRESSINGDOWN | 12 | Severe scolding, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 77% | ANIMALRIGHTS | 12 | Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 77% | LETTEROPENERS | 13 | Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 77% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 77% | BREAKASTORY | 11 | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 77% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 77% | SIDEOFFRIES | 11 | Combo meal component, and what the answers to the starred clues have |
| 76% | CUTTHECARDS | 11 | Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 76% | PAIROFPANTS | 11 | Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 75% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 75% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 75% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 75% | SHOWSTOPPER | 11 | Dazzling theater performance, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 75% | FIRESTARTER | 11 | 1980 Stephen King novel, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 75% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 75% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 74% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 74% | GLOWUP | 6 | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |