| 100% | BOW | 3 | What each of the starred answers has |
| 82% | FINALSCORE | 10 | Game-ending result ... or what each of the answers to starred clues has? |
| 80% | ELVES | 5 | What the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 79% | FLAGS | 5 | What all of the starred answers have |
| 74% | TRUCKDRIVER | 11 | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| 73% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 71% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 71% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 70% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 68% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 67% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 66% | WORKSWITHOUTANET | 16 | Has no plan B … or, when parsed differently, what each of the starred clues does vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 65% | SCALE | 5 | What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
| 64% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 64% | POLAROPPOSITE | 13 | One totally unlike another ... or what each answer on the edge of this puzzle has? |
| 64% | SALT | 4 | Take each of the starred answers with a grain of it |
| 64% | KEEPSANOPENMIND | 15 | What each of the other four longest answers does |
| 64% | MERITBADGE | 10 | What each of the other nine long answers is |
| 63% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 63% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 63% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 63% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 63% | WHITEHOUSEDOG | 13 | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with |
| 63% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 63% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 63% | SHOWSTOPPER | 11 | Dazzling theater performance, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 62% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 62% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 62% | HAILSTONE | 9 | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| 62% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |