| 100% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 65% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 63% | KEYWORD | 7 | Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 63% | THEGAMBLER | 10 | 1978 Kenny Rogers hit, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 62% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 60% | RAINOUT | 7 | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| 60% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 59% | LIFEPARTNER | 11 | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | SOCIALSTUDIES | 13 | Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 59% | ALTERNATETAKES | 14 | Different points of view ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | BUZZWORDS | 9 | Snazzy jargon, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 56% | SEVENSEAS | 9 | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 56% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 55% | COKEISIT | 8 | Pop slogan of 1982, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 55% | BEACHFRONT | 10 | Coastal strip of land, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 55% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 55% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | ITSASTEAL | 9 | "Can't beat that price!" or a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | ITSALLNOISE | 11 | "That's just talk, talk, talk," or a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 54% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | 9:30 a.m. event at the NYSE, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 54% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | PETPEEVES | 9 | Irritating behaviors, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues may be? |
| 54% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 53% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |