| 100% | RAD | 3 | What the Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat were to skateboarders in the '80s |
| 41% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 40% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 40% | GRANDFATHER | 11 | What 18-Across is, to the other protagonist, Morty Smith, in "Rick and Morty" |
| 40% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 40% | COMEDANCING | 11 | Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 40% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | IBEFOREE | 8 | General spelling rule, and what must be imagined in the starred clues to make them accurate |
| 39% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 39% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 39% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 39% | DANCEMOVES | 10 | Moonwalk, running man, floss, et al., and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | TEASE | 5 | To frizz and puff your hair, popular in the 80s |
| 39% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 39% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 39% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 38% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 38% | TREE | 4 | What Melinda is assigned to draw in the novel "Speak" |
| 38% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |