| 100% | MESSI | 5 | Soccer star Lionel referred to in Future’s “I’m on One,” featuring Drake |
| 32% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 31% | ABEL | 4 | The biblical brother referred to in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 31% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in the biblical line "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 31% | ABEL | 4 | The brother referred to in the biblical quote "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 30% | MENTALLY | 8 | In one's head, as opposed to on paper |
| 30% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 29% | GRATE | 5 | Street feature that's hard to walk on in heels |
| 28% | GEM | 3 | There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue |
| 28% | KIMBRA | 6 | Singer featured on Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 28% | MRSUN | 5 | He's asked to "please shine down on me," in song |
| 28% | YEBBA | 5 | One-named singer featured on Ed Sheeran's hit single "Best Part of Me" |
| 27% | SIMULIU | 7 | Kim's Convenience actor who went on to star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe |
| 27% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 27% | KIMBRA | 6 | Featured artist on Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," the #8 song of the 2010s |
| 27% | DRAW | 4 | It adds one point to a soccer team's standing in the English Premier League |
| 27% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 27% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| 27% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 27% | RONALDO | 7 | Soccer star Cristiano who was the most-followed athlete on Instagram in 2018 |
| 26% | ARM | 3 | One of up to 24 on a sunflower sea star |
| 26% | LUGERS | 6 | Ones on the fast track to compete in the Olympics? |
| 26% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 26% | MESSI | 5 | Argentina's soccer star Lionel ___ |
| 26% | BRO | 3 | How Barney referred to any male friend, on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 26% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 26% | IAMB | 4 | One of four in "As I Was Going to St. Ives" |
| 26% | APPLEGATE | 9 | Christina, one of the leads in Dead to Me |
| 26% | ALERT | 5 | On one's toes, ___ to the danger |
| 26% | RONALDO | 7 | Soccer star Cristiano, who is #1 on Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes in 2017 |