| 100% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 59% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 58% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 56% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | CARBOLOADED | 11 | Fueled up before a big race, or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 53% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | WISECRACK | 9 | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| 52% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | SPACETRAVEL | 11 | Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? |
| 51% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 50% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 50% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 50% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | POSTCARD | 8 | Vacation memento ... or where you might find the ends of the answers to starred clues? |
| 49% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 49% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 49% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 49% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Audio technique, or a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | FAILURETOLAUNCH | 15 | Rocket mishap, or what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 49% | BLACK | 5 | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | INFLIGHTENTERTAINMENT | 21 | Long-haul travel perk, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 48% | DOUBLEBILL | 10 | Event with two headliners, or a description of a restaurant check that includes any of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 48% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 47% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | FIVERS | 6 | Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues |