| 100% | MIRROR | 6 | With 102-Down, what the second halves of each asterisked answer are, vis-à-vis the first halves (well, almost...) |
| 55% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 46% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 45% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| 44% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 43% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 41% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 41% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 41% | ANAGRAM | 7 | The first half of each starred clue, with respect to its second half |
| 41% | HAILSTONE | 9 | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| 40% | CLUBSANDWICH | 12 | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| 40% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 39% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 39% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 39% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 39% | ANAGRAM | 7 | What each of today's four long answers is vis-à-vis New Year's Eve |
| 39% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 39% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 39% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 38% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 38% | MANBABY | 7 | Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| 38% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 38% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 38% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 37% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 37% | HOWTOFIX | 8 | With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of |
| 37% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 37% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| 36% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 36% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |