| 100% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 78% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 78% | RAINBOW | 7 | What the starts of the answers to the seven starred clues constitute |
| 78% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| 77% | SANS | 4 | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| 76% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 76% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 76% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 75% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 74% | HOWTOFIX | 8 | With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of |
| 70% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | TRUCKDRIVER | 11 | What each of the answers to the starred clues once was |
| 70% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 70% | CHECKLIST | 9 | To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| 70% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 69% | LEADINGLADY | 11 | Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 69% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 69% | BARMENU | 7 | List including nachos, sliders, wings, etc. ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 68% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 68% | CLOSECALL | 9 | Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 68% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 68% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 67% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 67% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 67% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 66% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 66% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |