| 100% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 75% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 68% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 66% | POTTYMOUTH | 10 | One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | MOUNTAINCLIMBER | 15 | One who encounters the last parts of the answers to the starred clues on the way up |
| 65% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 65% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 64% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 63% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 63% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Earthquake echo, or where the last words of the answers to starred clues might go |
| 63% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 61% | PLANETS | 7 | Etymological origins of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 61% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| 61% | PRNDL | 5 | Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 60% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 60% | SANDWICHBAR | 11 | Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 60% | OCEAN | 5 | Body that appears at the start of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 59% | JAYZ | 4 | Rapper whose name hints at the extremities of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 59% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 59% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 59% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 59% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 59% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | CBS late show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson ... or where to find the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |