| 100% | SHOOTING | 8 | The type of star you're told to make a wish on |
| 48% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 43% | CANDLE | 6 | Birthday ___, make a wish as you blow on these to make it come true |
| 43% | RELAY | 5 | Type of race that requires the participant to pass on a baton |
| 41% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "You're on!" … and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| 41% | SUNTAN | 6 | The kind of lotion you put on to avoid sunburn and get a 25a |
| 40% | TIME | 4 | Type of 23a when you're on a tight deadline |
| 39% | EXIT | 4 | Type of strategy to get out of the mess you're in |
| 39% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Express lack of interest on Tinder ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | BAR | 3 | Type of examination you're taking if you're taking your MBE on the last Wednesday of July |
| 37% | FRAGILE | 7 | *Found on a package: Label indicating that the object is prone to breakage, like that made of 5d |
| 37% | MOSTEL | 6 | Star of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| 37% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 37% | SLOES | 5 | Black fruits added to make a certain type of gin |
| 37% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | REGARDS | 7 | "Best Wishes, Warmest ___: A Schitt's Creek Farewell," retrospective documentary on the making and reception of the TV show |
| 37% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of times you'll need to read the starred clues to make sense of their answers |
| 37% | AGAINST | 7 | Averse to making a profit on the way |
| 37% | EBERT | 5 | First movie critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 37% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 37% | TRIP | 4 | Make a mistake on "Dancing With the Stars," say |
| 37% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | The first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 36% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___," TV show starring Sandra Oh that featured a cover of the Taylor Swift song "Look What You Made Me Do" |
| 36% | ABB | 3 | Type of wool used to make yarn for the warp |
| 36% | JIVE | 4 | Type of Latin dance featured on "Dancing With the Stars" |
| 36% | OGRE | 4 | Type of beast with a page on the website WikiShrek |
| 36% | CLOCK | 5 | Make a wish by seeing 11:11 on this timepiece to make it come true |