| 100% | PENAL | 5 | "Are you familiar with the ___ codes in this state?" ("Kentucky Fried Movie") |
| 46% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 45% | SELLERS | 7 | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| 43% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 39% | GONE | 4 | "___ with the Wind," iconic Hollywood movie that was released in 1939 |
| 39% | FOURTET | 7 | Electronic musician with the album "There Is Love in You" |
| 39% | JURASSIC | 8 | The park in Spielberg's dinosaur movie was this |
| 39% | AWESOME | 7 | Everything is this in The Lego Movie |
| 38% | MAHER | 5 | Bill with the 2024 book "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You" |
| 38% | AMIBLUE | 7 | Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?" |
| 38% | DUMB | 4 | In the movie, Lloyd is this and Harry is more so |
| 38% | CABIN | 5 | Popular horror movie setting is this in the woods |
| 38% | COP | 3 | Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case] |
| 37% | GONE | 4 | "___ With the Wind," iconic Hollywood movie that you can watch on the big screen in 1939 |
| 37% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 37% | COLUMBIASC | 10 | This capital is home to the Army's Ft. Jackson in the Palmetto state |
| 36% | LOU | 3 | Emilia Clarke is fondly called by this name in the movie in 13a |
| 36% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 36% | WISH | 4 | "___ You Were Here," 1975 Pink Floyd song that featured in the 2016 movie "War Dogs" |
| 36% | ARMY | 4 | United States ___, land service military branch that was seen in the movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 35% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 35% | ANA | 3 | Movie released on January 3 this year with Andy García and Dafne Keen in the title role |
| 35% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 35% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 35% | ROBIN | 5 | "___ Hood," movie starring Jamie Foxx which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 35% | OUTLAW | 6 | "___ King," movie starring Chris Pine which will release in the month of Thanksgiving this year |
| 35% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 35% | MAYONNAISE | 10 | Fritessaus, which the Dutch eat with fries, is a slimmed down version of this dressing |
| 35% | MOTTO | 5 | Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish |
| 35% | JAVIER | 6 | With 33-Across, "No Country for Old Men" Oscar winner who was in the James Bond movie "Skyfall" |