| 100% | CRASH | 5 | Sound of cymbals, and what the starred answers might do |
| 65% | HAVEASHOT | 9 | Might succeed, and what the starred answers do |
| 60% | ALLFALLDOWN | 11 | 1962 Warren Beatty film, and what the title elements of the starred answers do |
| 60% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 59% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 59% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 59% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 59% | HAVEAHEART | 10 | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| 59% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 59% | HAVEABALL | 9 | Enjoy oneself, and what the starred answers do |
| 58% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 57% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Neither gain nor lose money, and what the starred answers do |
| 57% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 56% | BREAKASTORY | 11 | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 56% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |
| 55% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 54% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 52% | GOGREEN | 7 | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| 52% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 52% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 52% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 52% | DROPSTHEMIC | 11 | Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 52% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 51% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 51% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 51% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 51% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 51% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 51% | TITLE | 5 | With 66-Across, images played in silent films, and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 51% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |