| 100% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 67% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | SAILS | 5 | Travels over what's hidden in the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 63% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | WILDOATS | 8 | What young people may sow ... and what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 58% | FALLAPART | 9 | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 55% | ECHOLOCATION | 12 | Nature's sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | COUNTRIES | 9 | Sovereign lands ... or what are hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 55% | GEM | 3 | There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 53% | BRIDGES | 7 | Hollywood family name ... and what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 52% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 52% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 52% | ELEMENTOFSURPRISE | 17 | Unexpected twist, or what's found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 52% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 52% | ICECREAM | 8 | *Foundation ingredient of a treat built upward in the answers to starred clues and spelled downward in the circles |
| 51% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 51% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |