| 100% | SALIERI | 7 | "All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute" speaker in "Amadeus" |
| 33% | BACKWARDLOOKING | 15 | Give heed! And listen to my tale of the mad tyrant who decreed that all toilets in his realm be installed the wrong way, for he was the … |
| 33% | LIZLEMON | 8 | Sitcom protagonist who says "I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich" |
| 29% | EER | 3 | "Give my regards to old Broadway / And say that I'll be there ___ long" |
| 29% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 29% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote, "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 29% | ALL | 3 | "___ I ever wanted was to be happy." |
| 28% | PARIS | 5 | "Do not deny to him that you love me" speaker, in literature |
| 28% | IFEAR | 5 | "___ that I will give in to my craving" (apprehension): 2 wds. |
| 28% | ALICE | 5 | "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!" speaker |
| 27% | DREAM | 5 | "Whenever I want you, all I have to do" is this, in an Everly Brothers hit |
| 27% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 26% | BLONDEONBLONDE | 14 | Bob Dylan album that he called "the closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind" |
| 26% | GREASE | 6 | Musical in which Travolta and Newton-John sing "You're the One That I Want" |
| 26% | BREAKITUPYOUTWO | 15 | Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? |
| 26% | BALL | 4 | "Wrecking ___" (Miley Cyrus hit with the lyrics "I never hit so hard in love / All I wanted was to break your walls") |
| 25% | MISSINGYOU | 10 | Tribute to Marvin Gaye written by Lionel Richie and sung by 50-Across that was a Top 10 hit in 1984 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THEBEATLES | 10 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" group who in 1964 became the first ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with their first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 25% | OKA | 3 | Lada automobile brand that originally had a 40 cu in engine and was given to many service veterans free |
| 25% | CAKE | 4 | (2/5) "Ann the maid, says, 'I was in the kitchen making a ___ (treat with icing) all morning and didn't have time to visit the mistress' chambers.'" |
| 25% | OGDEN | 5 | "God in His wisdom made the fly / And then forgot to tell us why" poet Nash |
| 25% | IAGO | 4 | "And what's he then, that says I play the villain?" speaker |
| 25% | USB | 3 | I'm a connector that lets you transfer files in a flash and allows you to plug and play. Who am I? |
| 25% | ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING | 19 | "We all see the obvious here, right?," and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? |
| 25% | ROLL | 4 | (6/8) "Now that all your fillings are in, let's ___ up the burrito and make sure the shape is right!" |
| 25% | NOW | 3 | "It's All Coming Back To Me ___," original song by Pandora's Box that was covered by Celine Dion in 1996 |
| 24% | BRUTUS | 6 | To Shakespeare he was "high in all the people's hearts" |
| 24% | AINT | 4 | "I ___ reading all that" (meme posted in reaction to a long series of Twitter posts) |
| 24% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 24% | ACME | 4 | The company that was shown to have made all the evil weapons used by Wile E. Coyote to try and catch the Roadrunner |