| 100% | TEASE | 5 | Verb for which synonyms can be found at the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 61% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Revelation, or what can be found at the starts of the starred answers |
| 55% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | PUR | 3 | Water filter brand that can be found at the beginning of "purple" |
| 50% | ITSACIRCUS | 10 | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 49% | SIMPLEMACHINE | 13 | Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| 48% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | KEYS | 4 | PC things, which can be found at the starts of 14-, 22-, 37-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 47% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 47% | ZENERCARDS | 10 | Tools for ESP researchers (whose symbols are found at the ends of the answers to the five asterisked clues) |
| 46% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 46% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Casual pants (brands of which can be found at the starts of 16-Across, 27-Across, and 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 46% | ICH | 3 | German pronoun that can be found at the end of "which" or "ostrich" |
| 45% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 44% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | IRELAND | 7 | Cork can be found at the bottom of it |
| 44% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers |
| 43% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 43% | ACH | 3 | German cry that can be found at the start of "achoo" |
| 43% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 43% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 42% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |