| 100% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 88% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 84% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 77% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 77% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 74% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 73% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 73% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 73% | EYE | 3 | Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five starred clues to spell popular devices |
| 73% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| 71% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 69% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | OUTANDOUT | 9 | Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | PHASER | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | RAYGUN | 6 | Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | KETO | 4 | Diet that involves eating fat, cutting carbs, and avoiding the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 66% | SMOKE | 5 | Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 65% | TOOLBOX | 7 | Carpenter's accessory that might hold the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | BREADANDBUTTER | 14 | Primary source of income ... and words that can precede the two parts, respectively, of the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 64% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Clear-cut, and what each part of the answers to the starred clues can follow, respectively |
| 64% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 64% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 64% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 63% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |
| 63% | TAILBONE | 8 | Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 63% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 63% | GOOGLEEARTH | 11 | *Popular app that can view any of the places named at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |