| 100% | HITTHE | 6 | Words missing from the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 65% | FOURTEEN | 8 | With 61-Across, what President Wilson proposed for a lasting peace ... or what's missing from the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | AWORKINPROGRESS | 15 | Unfinished project ... or, literally, what the answers to the eight starred clues contain? |
| 62% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| 62% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 62% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 62% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Like either word in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 61% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 61% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 61% | FOLLOW | 6 | Word missing from the answers to 17-, 23-, 29-, 40-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 61% | INBED | 5 | How breakfast may be served ... or how the answers to the eight starred clues should be entered? |
| 60% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 60% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | 1960's TV hit … whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 59% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 59% | HOT | 3 | Word describing the answer to each of the starred clues |
| 59% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 58% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 58% | OTHELLO | 7 | Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 57% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | SUNRISESUNSET | 13 | Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 57% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 57% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 56% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 56% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |
| 55% | RISEANDFALL | 11 | Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 55% | JAPANESE | 8 | Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | HOLYTRINITY | 11 | Geometric doctrine of Christianity ... or the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |