| 100% | PENTATHLON | 10 | Summer Olympics contest whose participants do the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 58% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 55% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 53% | YOGAPOSES | 9 | Asanas found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 52% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 52% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | WNBAFINALS | 10 | Championship series where fans hope to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 52% | CHEWTOY | 7 | Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 51% | PHASER | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | RAYGUN | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | KETO | 4 | Diet that involves eating fat, cutting carbs, and avoiding the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | COATTAILS | 9 | Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 51% | WHITEWATER | 10 | Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues |
| 51% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 51% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 51% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 50% | INTHEDOGHOUSE | 13 | Out of favor with one's partner, and where to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | JUNKDRAWER | 10 | Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 50% | PRNDL | 5 | Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 50% | GOINCIRCLES | 11 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 50% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 50% | ITSAWHOLETHING | 14 | "Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 49% | NOTWOSOUNDALIKE | 15 | What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 49% | CHANGINGTHEGAME | 15 | Innovating ... or what the end of the answer to each starred entry is doing? |
| 49% | SEWEDUP | 7 | Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues |