| 100% | WILDOATS | 8 | What young people may sow ... and what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 68% | FALLAPART | 9 | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 58% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 55% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | RISEANDFALL | 11 | Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 54% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 54% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 54% | BREAKASTORY | 11 | What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 54% | BUGS | 4 | Software glitches ... and, in a broad sense, small things hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
| 54% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 54% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 54% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 53% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |