| 100% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 73% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 70% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 67% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 67% | SPECIALK | 8 | Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? |
| 66% | HIDDENFEES | 10 | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 62% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 61% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Audio technique, or a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | SPACETRAVEL | 11 | Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? |
| 57% | FIVERS | 6 | Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | THREEPEATS | 10 | Features of the answers to starred clues, from a trademarked sports term |
| 57% | BLANKCHECK | 10 | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 57% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 56% | FACIALEXPRESSION | 16 | Many an emoji, and a feature of the starred clues and their answers? |
| 56% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 55% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 54% | ACRONYM | 7 | Basis of the answer to each starred clue, commonly |
| 54% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | ITSAWHOLETHING | 14 | "Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 54% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 53% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 52% | BREAKITUP | 9 | Stop a fight ... and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 52% | THISISPOINTLESS | 15 | “Why even bother?” . . . or what can be said of the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | ENTAILS | 7 | Involves, or a phonetic feature of the answers to the starred clues? |