| 100% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Startling revelations, or what the answers to the starred clues have, phonetically |
| 77% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 76% | FRUITTOPPING | 12 | Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 75% | ASHOTIN | 7 | With 52-Across, wild guess ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 74% | OXTAILS | 7 | Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have |
| 74% | FEMALELEAD | 10 | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" … or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 74% | FALSE | 5 | With 68-Across, sprinter's infraction, or what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 73% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 72% | NEITHERNOR | 10 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? |
| 72% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 71% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 71% | ERS | 3 | Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice |
| 69% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 68% | SIDEOFFRIES | 11 | Combo meal component, and what the answers to the starred clues have |
| 68% | MAKEENDSMEET | 12 | Get by ... or what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 67% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 67% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 67% | BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING | 20 | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 67% | GODOWNIN | 8 | With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 67% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 66% | OHMAN | 5 | What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 66% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 66% | CHRISTIANROCK | 13 | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |
| 66% | SUPERFOOD | 9 | Marketing term for nutrient-rich fare, or what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 66% | SECONDLOOK | 10 | Reappraisal, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| 66% | INNER | 5 | With 60-Down, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 66% | CREATUREFEATURE | 15 | Monster movie, and what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 66% | TWISTOFFATE | 11 | Unexpected development ... or what the answer to each starred clue contains? |
| 66% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 66% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |