| 100% | PERPS | 5 | Those "walking" through the answers to the starred clues |
| 88% | LOVENOTE | 8 | Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
| 77% | SWISSARMY | 9 | With 60-Across, contraption that usually includes the answers to the starred clues |
| 75% | ANTS | 4 | "Marchers" through the answers to the five starred clues |
| 71% | JUSTTAKETHEL | 12 | "Oh, admit defeat already!," and advice that was followed to form the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Magic trick that affects the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | BOX | 3 | Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | DOLLARMENU | 10 | Budget option at a fast-food joint that the answers to the starred clues could all belong to? |
| 70% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ___ or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 70% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 70% | PIGLATIN | 8 | "Language" that explains the answers to the six starred clues |
| 70% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
| 70% | CHAOSMAGIC | 10 | Power that enables the Scarlet Witch to rewrite reality, and a hidden feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 69% | ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE | 16 | Beatles hit that's a hint to both parts of the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 69% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | OILANDWATER | 11 | Substances that never mix, except in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 69% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | DOUBLEBILL | 10 | Event with two headliners, or a description of a restaurant check that includes any of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 68% | MOS | 3 | The answers to the starred clues: Abbr. |
| 68% | ANIMALSTYLE | 11 | Option on In-N-Out Burger's not-so-secret menu, or the fashion sense that includes the answers to the starred clues? |
| 67% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 67% | DRIVEN | 6 | Like the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | TWICE | 5 | The Process of Elimination: In the answer to each starred clue, cross out any letter that appears ___; then read the letters that remain |
| 66% | VOLLEYBALL | 10 | Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | MLB | 3 | Sports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | MIND | 4 | What surrounds the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | MIDDLEMEN | 9 | Quartet within the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | INTHERED | 8 | Owing, like the answers to the starred clues |