| 100% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 90% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 76% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 75% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 75% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 75% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 73% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 68% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 67% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 67% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 67% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 67% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 67% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 66% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 65% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 65% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 64% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 64% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 64% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 63% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 63% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 63% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 63% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 63% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 63% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 62% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 62% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 62% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |