| 100% | ATOMIC | 6 | With 38-Down, property of the first part of the answer to each starred clue (appropriately positioned in the grid) |
| 60% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 60% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| 59% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 58% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| 57% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 54% | 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? |
| 54% | SANDWICHBAR | 11 | Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 51% | DEADEND | 7 | Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 51% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 51% | ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE | 16 | Beatles hit that's a hint to both parts of the answer to each starred clue |
| 51% | TITLE | 5 | With 66-Across, images played in silent films, and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 51% | BEE | 3 | Creature found atop the apt part of each answer to a starred clue |
| 51% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | ITSADATE | 8 | "I'm there!" ... and hint to the first part of the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 50% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take |
| 50% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 50% | JUMPSTART | 9 | Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 50% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 50% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 49% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 49% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 49% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 49% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 48% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |