| 100% | SUBTITLEDAPARIOTICSONG | 22 | The Library's rare first-edition printing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is, to its publisher's chagrin, ___ |
| 37% | ANAGRAM | 7 | The first half of each starred clue, with respect to its second half |
| 35% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 35% | OER | 3 | Contraction sung twice in the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 34% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 34% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 34% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 34% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 34% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 34% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 33% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Lamb's sound ... which must be "silenced" to make sense of the starred clues' answers |
| 33% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | CLINE | 5 | Patsy ___, "Walkin' After Midnight" singer who was one of the first country stars to cross over to pop music charts |
| 33% | ONEPIN | 6 | It's often the first to be knocked over |
| 33% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 33% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 33% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 33% | NYT | 3 | Its slogan is "All the News That's Fit to Print": Abbr. |
| 32% | IMITATION | 9 | It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery |
| 32% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 32% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 32% | NYT | 3 | Its motto is "All the News That's Fit to Print," in brief |
| 32% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 32% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 32% | USA | 3 | Its national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner": Abbr. |
| 32% | YAHOO | 5 | Its first name was Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web |
| 32% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | First Swedish woman and first person born in the 21st century to be named "Time" magazine's Person of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 32% | READERSDIGESTMAGAZINE | 21 | The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___ |