| 100% | FIRSTTWOLETTERS | 15 | What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense |
| 46% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 41% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 40% | ROOMFORDESSERT | 14 | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | KEYLESSENTRY | 12 | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| 38% | MAKEAUTURN | 10 | Change direction on the road 180 degrees ... and what you must literally do in each starred clue to understand its answer |
| 37% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 37% | AEIOU | 5 | Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 36% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 35% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 35% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| 35% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 35% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 34% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 34% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 34% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 34% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | MATE | 4 | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | HOLISTICDIET | 12 | Component of balanced health ... and what each answer to a starred clue looks like it should be part of? |
| 34% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 34% | DOWNFEATHERS | 12 | Warm winter coat contents ... or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 34% | GLOWUP | 6 | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 34% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 34% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 34% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 33% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |