| 100% | FISHEYES | 8 | "___ swimming in mucilage" (Kate's honest-as-usual reaction to the paisley design of Spencer's pajamas in the film Without Love and my favorite line from their movies) |
| 25% | CHEETA | 6 | Chimpanzee from Palm Springs who loves to paint and was featured in the "Tarzan" films |
| 25% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 24% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” |
| 24% | MACBETH | 7 | Speaker of the line "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" |
| 23% | GIRL | 4 | "I'm also just a ___, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her," quote from the Julia Roberts film "Notting Hill" |
| 23% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" singer nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | WONGKARWAI | 10 | “In the Mood for Love” director who controversially reëdited some of his films prior to their Criterion Collection box-set release |
| 22% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "Sister Act" actress who played God in the films "A Little Bit of Heaven" and "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 22% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 22% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 21% | TOTO | 4 | The dog in the movie line "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" |
| 21% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 21% | HEIGHHO | 7 | Catchy song from Disney's 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", sung by the dwarves as they work at a mine: Hyph. |
| 21% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" Oscar nominee who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 21% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" singer nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 21% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | He underwent training, such as martial arts, to perform some of his own stunts in the "Batman" films: 2 wds. |
| 21% | YOU | 3 | "They're coming to get ___, Barbara!" line from the monster movie "Night of the Living Dead" |
| 21% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Line of numbers from the top left to bottom right, in an algebraic matrix |
| 21% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" singer nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 21% | TREE | 4 | "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear ___..." |
| 21% | CLOUD | 5 | Type of storage that allows us to access our files and data from anywhere in the world |
| 21% | MARGARITA | 9 | "It's National ___ Day! A day to celebrate your favorite cocktail! Find ingredients to make this drink in the movies at 27a, 47a, 8d, and 30d" |
| 21% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in the biblical line "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 21% | FRANCES | 7 | I was the former president of the NRDC and won the Rachel Carson Award in 2007 for my work as an environmentalist |
| 21% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ROYAL | 5 | & 13D Residential road in Bath built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774 |
| 21% | DELFTWARE | 9 | Type of blue and white pottery made in the Netherlands predominantly from the 16th- to the 18th-centuries |