| 100% | PIECEOFCAKE | 11 | Simple thing to do ... and what each starred clue's answer ends with? |
| 61% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 61% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 57% | ENDSINATIE | 10 | Concludes with no clear winner ... and what each answer to a starred clue does? |
| 56% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 55% | WILDCOUNTRY | 11 | Remote region ... and what literally ends each answer to a starred clue |
| 55% | DOWNPAYMENT | 11 | Typical mortgage requirement, and what ends each answer to a starred clue |
| 55% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 55% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 55% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 53% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 53% | HIDE | 4 | With 73-Across, space-saving furniture, and what the answers to the starred clues each do |
| 52% | THREESOMES | 10 | Each answer to a starred clue begins and ends with identical ones |
| 52% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 51% | CLASSACTION | 11 | Group lawsuit ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 51% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 50% | STUFFEDCLAM | 11 | Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is? |
| 50% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 50% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 49% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 49% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 49% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |
| 49% | FINALTOUCH | 10 | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 49% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 48% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 48% | CALLSITLIKEITIS | 15 | What each asterisked clue's answer does, to correct a misnomer? |
| 48% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 48% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |