| 100% | NERVE | 5 | What Madonna, Dee Snider and Prince struck, to PMRC of the eighties |
| 45% | NERVE | 5 | What Dee Snider struck, to PMRC |
| 36% | PLATE | 5 | What utensils go to the left and right of |
| 34% | CATS | 4 | What Grizabella and Skimbleshanks are, according to the title of a Broadway musical |
| 34% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | EDW | 3 | Prince who's the younger brother of Chas. and who is uncle to Wm. |
| 34% | AGE | 3 | What you would do to improve the taste and flavor of wine over time |
| 33% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 33% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 33% | BIGDIPPER | 9 | Part of 17-Across ... and what the circles from A to G depict |
| 33% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 33% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Command to bypass a recap of prior episodes ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 33% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 33% | CIERA | 5 | Oldsmobile of the eighties and nineties |
| 33% | ALLANTE | 7 | Cadillac of the eighties and nineties |
| 33% | MAKESWAVES | 10 | Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does |
| 33% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 33% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 33% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 32% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 32% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 32% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 32% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 32% | EMPTYCALORIES | 13 | What many junk foods contain ... with a hint to the initials of 17-, 25-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 32% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 32% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 32% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 32% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 32% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |