| 100% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 92% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 63% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 63% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 63% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 62% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 61% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 61% | MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS | 19 | Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 60% | EDU | 3 | URL ending associated with the beginnings of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 59% | XOXO | 4 | Affectionate sign-off … or a pattern hinting at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 59% | OCEAN | 5 | Body that appears at the start of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 58% | JUGBAND | 7 | *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 58% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 57% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 57% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 56% | WHITEHOUSEDOG | 13 | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with |
| 56% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | AHEADOF | 7 | Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| 55% | HINT | 4 | "The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g. |
| 55% | BREADANDBUTTER | 14 | Primary source of income ... and words that can precede the two parts, respectively, of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | MAANDPA | 7 | Rural couple ... or what the respective halves of the answers to the four starred clues start with |
| 55% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 54% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |