| 100% | DOUBLESPACE | 11 | Word processing option, and a hint to what can follow the words of the starred answers |
| 83% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 81% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| 73% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| 70% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | FIRESIDES | 9 | Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 62% | DOUBLETAKE | 10 | Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | KEYWORD | 7 | Database search option, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 61% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 61% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | 1968 hit for the Troggs, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle's perimeter words |
| 60% | ZEN | 3 | "Your Moment of ___," and a hint to what's added to the starred answers |
| 60% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | 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 |
| 60% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 59% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 59% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 59% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 59% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 59% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 58% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | Parental comment about a teen's rebelliousness, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 57% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | BOYOHBOY | 8 | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | CORNERBARS | 10 | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| 57% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 57% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |