| 100% | DOUBLETAKE | 10 | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 78% | FIRESIDES | 9 | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | HALFANDHALF | 11 | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| 63% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | 16 | Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? |
| 62% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 59% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 58% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 58% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 58% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 58% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 57% | BOYOHBOY | 8 | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 57% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | Actor's stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across |
| 55% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 55% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| 55% | MANBABY | 7 | Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| 55% | DOUBLESPACE | 11 | Word processing option, and a hint to what can follow the words of the starred answers |
| 55% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 54% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 54% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 54% | MAANDPA | 7 | Rural couple ... or what the respective halves of the answers to the four starred clues start with |
| 53% | INTHEPAST | 9 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | TIES | 4 | Binds ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |