| 100% | BOND | 4 | What the answers to the starred clues share, in two ways |
| 74% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 73% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 72% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | THEDEEPEND | 10 | *Where to dive in a pool ... and what the answers to starred clues all share? |
| 67% | OHMAN | 5 | What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 66% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 66% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 65% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 65% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 64% | ELEMENTOFSURPRISE | 17 | Unexpected twist, or what's found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | ECHOLOCATION | 12 | Nature's sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 64% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 64% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 63% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | TOPNOTES | 8 | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | FIVETIMESFAST | 13 | Hard way to say the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle (good luck!) |
| 63% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 63% | GLOWUP | 6 | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 63% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |