| 100% | EASE | 4 | "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ___ ..." (line from an old song about a trapeze artist) |
| 59% | EASE | 4 | "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ___" (old song lyric) |
| 45% | HED | 3 | "___ fly through the air with the greatest of ease" |
| 34% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 32% | BONAMI | 6 | Cleanser with the logo of a chick emerging from an egg |
| 31% | KATY | 4 | "A maid with hair of gold," in an old song |
| 30% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 30% | SEED | 4 | "I begin with the ___ of an emotion, a place, and then move from there" (Joy Harjo) |
| 30% | RYE | 3 | “The ___” (“Seinfeld” episode in which Jerry steals a loaf of bread from an old woman) |
| 30% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 30% | STAN | 4 | Overzealous admirer, possibly from a mash-up of the terms "stalker" and "fan" in an Eminem song |
| 30% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint to 18-, 20-, 55- and 58-Across |
| 30% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 29% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire" |
| 29% | GONNAMAKE | 9 | "___ It Through This Year," a song about New Year's by the Great Lake Swimmers: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AANG | 4 | Titular child from "Avatar: The Last Airbender" who is a member of the Air Nomads with superpowers |
| 29% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |
| 29% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 29% | TISTHECEZANNE | 13 | Christmas song line from an artist? |
| 29% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |
| 29% | HAMMS | 5 | Old beer with the ad line "From the land of sky blue waters" |
| 28% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 28% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings associated with song The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 28% | FLIGHTPATH | 10 | Course through the air of an aircraft |
| 28% | WAFT | 4 | Float through the air, as the scent of a freshly baked pie |
| 28% | BEAMAN | 6 | Refrain from "Mulan" before "With all the force of a great typhoon" |
| 28% | ROXANNE | 7 | The Police song about a woman with a red light |
| 28% | TENCENTS | 8 | Cost of a dance, in an old song |
| 28% | OXYGEN | 6 | About a fifth of the air |