| 100% | HIGHESTCARDWINS | 15 | Tiebreaker rule in poker, represented visually by the starred answers |
| 49% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Tony Award won by the starred answers in the years of their clues |
| 42% | LANES | 5 | Divisions represented by the highlighted answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 40% | BINGO | 5 | Winning exclamation aptly arranged and spelled by the standalone letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | INNERPEAS | 9 | State of gustatory satisfaction exhibited by the starred answers |
| 39% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | RISINGTIDE | 10 | Reportedly, it lifts all boats, as evidenced by the starred answers |
| 38% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 38% | CHOCOLATECHIPCOOKIE | 19 | Treat represented visually by this puzzle's answer |
| 37% | FAKENEWS | 8 | Inaccurate information, and what the starred answers have in common |
| 36% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar film, or what the starred answers have in common |
| 36% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 36% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 36% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle's grid |
| 36% | SMILE | 5 | Expression shared by the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | CONTINENTAL | 11 | Kind of breakfast suggested by the starred answers (though they wouldn't actually be part of one) |
| 35% | BLUE | 4 | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| 35% | BLUE | 4 | 1996 LeAnn Rimes song, and what can precede the starred answers in song titles |
| 35% | EVERYTHINGBAGEL | 15 | Breakfast order suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | AANDE | 5 | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | SODIUM | 6 | The chemical element represented by Na in NaCl |
| 34% | GAG | 3 | Joke hidden in the starred answers |
| 34% | CAPITALOFFENSES | 15 | Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 34% | MENSA | 5 | Group described by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | MOUSTACHES | 10 | Archetypically villainous features possessed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 34% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | 1978 hit by the band represented in this puzzle's circles |