| 100% | MIXEDFRUIT | 10 | Sweet snack, and a description of the first words of the starred answers |
| 77% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 76% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 72% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | SWINGSET | 8 | Playground equipment ... or a description of the first words of the starred clues? |
| 66% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 65% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 64% | DOVETAILS | 9 | Fits together nicely . . . or a description of the last words of the starred clues’ answers, when read in order? |
| 62% | WELLWELLWELL | 12 | Comment upon a revealing discovery, and a description of the starred answers |
| 62% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | POT | 3 | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| 61% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 61% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 61% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 61% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | LEFTOVERS | 9 | What many have after Thanksgiving, and a description of the starred answers' gimmick |
| 60% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | INFLIGHTENTERTAINMENT | 21 | Long-haul travel perk, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 60% | LABORDAY | 8 | September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate |
| 60% | WANNABET | 8 | "Care to wager?" ... and a question answered, one way or the other, by the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | SPELLBOOK | 9 | Wizard's reference, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues do |
| 59% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 59% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 59% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 59% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |