| 100% | NEAT | 4 | Uncluttered, or how an uniced liquor is served |
| 41% | ONATEE | 6 | How an easy-to-hit pitch is said to be served up |
| 40% | ONTOAST | 7 | How beans or cheese are often served in Britain |
| 38% | ONTHEBONE | 9 | How chops or ribs are served |
| 36% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey or brandy may be served |
| 36% | TARTARE | 7 | How tuna or steak may be served |
| 35% | COLD | 4 | How revenge (or pizza for breakfast) is best served |
| 35% | ATOZ | 4 | How an index is ordered |
| 35% | ATOZ | 4 | How an index is arranged |
| 34% | FRIENDSGIVING | 13 | Holiday gathering of one's chosen family ... or an explanation of how the themed answers have been transformed |
| 34% | APISHLY | 7 | How an imitator or silly person acts |
| 34% | SLYLY | 5 | How an April fool may be done |
| 34% | ATBAY | 5 | How an angry dog should be kept |
| 33% | INBED | 5 | How breakfast may be served ... or how the answers to the eight starred clues should be entered? |
| 33% | ONRICE | 6 | How chicken a la king is often served |
| 33% | AGAINSTALLODDS | 14 | How an extreme underdog wins ... or this puzzle? |
| 33% | ASASON | 6 | How an orphan might long to be treated |
| 33% | NOSETOTAIL | 10 | How an animal's length may be measured |
| 33% | HERETO | 6 | How an addendum may be attached |
| 33% | ICILY | 5 | How an archrival might be greeted |
| 33% | INSPIRIT | 8 | How an absentee might be there |
| 32% | ONCD | 4 | How an LP may be re-released |
| 32% | NOTICE | 6 | Something that may be served or taken |
| 32% | PASTAS | 6 | They might be served carbonara or puttanesca |
| 32% | RIGHT | 5 | Justified, or how text may be justified |
| 32% | ONRICE | 6 | How teriyaki is often served |
| 32% | ONRICE | 6 | How curry is often served |
| 32% | CUBES | 5 | How Swiss is often served |
| 32% | COLD | 4 | How vichyssoise is usually served |
| 32% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey is often served |