| 100% | EYES | 4 | What some butterfly wings appear to have |
| 48% | LENGTHENS | 9 | What some mascara will appear to do to your lashes |
| 47% | GREATNESS | 9 | What some have thrust upon them, according to Shakespeare |
| 45% | EYES | 4 | What some teachers claim to have in the backs of their heads |
| 44% | ENDNOTES | 8 | What some scholarly texts (and the 10-Downs to all the starred clues) have |
| 43% | TIGHTENDS | 9 | Some football linemen ... and what the answers to starred clues have? |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | Appearing to have food |
| 41% | PEAR | 4 | Appearing to have food |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | Appearing to have vegetable |
| 39% | EGOS | 4 | Narcissists appear to have big ones |
| 39% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |
| 39% | FISHHEAD | 8 | Ingredient in some Asian soup, or, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| 39% | ANSWERS | 7 | What some keys have |
| 38% | NOCHANCEATALL | 13 | What some NCAA teams have? |
| 38% | ATIE | 4 | What some teams play to |
| 38% | METRE | 5 | What some British poetry has |
| 37% | MENTALIST | 9 | Performer who may appear to have psychic abilities |
| 37% | ANTSONALOG | 10 | Picnic snack that appears to have picnic invaders |
| 37% | AGELIMIT | 8 | What some amusement park rides have |
| 37% | RIPS | 4 | What some fashionable jeans may have |
| 37% | LENGTHENS | 9 | What some mascara does to lashes |
| 37% | RENEW | 5 | What some people do to vows |
| 37% | SELFMADE | 8 | What some billionaires claim to be |
| 37% | PLUSONES | 8 | What some invitees bring to parties |
| 37% | REFUNDS | 7 | What some taxpayers expect to receive |
| 37% | ENERGY | 6 | What some bars claim to provide |
| 37% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | MOTH | 4 | Word before "man" for a butterfly-like winged humanoid cryptid said to appear in Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| 37% | OARS | 4 | What some use to ply their craft? |
| 37% | TDS | 3 | What some bombs lead to, for short |