| 100% | IJUSTMETYOU | 11 | "Hey, ___, and this is crazy ..." (start of the chorus in 40-Across): 4 wds. |
| 50% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 50% | WALTLONGMIRE | 12 | Sheriff of the fictional county of Absaroka, Wyoming, who is featured in 20 books by 40-Across and a 2012-2017 television series (2 wds.) |
| 49% | KEEPTHEFAITH | 12 | 1992 Bon Jovi album whose three Top 40 hits were the title track, "Bed of Roses," and "In These Arms" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singer Demi Lovato was a judge in the second and third season of this music-based reality show: 3 wds. |
| 45% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | ORE | 3 | The longest train ever consisted of 682 cars, was 4.5 miles long and carried this product in W. Australia on June 21, 2001 |
| 45% | CCSABATHIA | 10 | Yankees starting pitcher and 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend: 3 wds. |
| 45% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy drama set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos which will air its final season this year (2019): 3 wds. |
| 45% | MAUDEAPATOW | 11 | "This Is 40" actress who plays 30-Across's sister in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 44% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 44% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 43% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 43% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | 14-Across and 28-Across novelist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1985 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 43% | THEYARDBIRDS | 12 | English rock band formed in 1963 that still performs live and is known for starting the careers of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RACE | 4 | The next one of these will start in Paris on September 5th, 2021 and end (hopefully) on November 16th, 2021 at Dakar, Senegal |
| 43% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SMOKEYROBINSON | 14 | 42-Across singer/songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of the 40-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 42% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Author of the 2019 novel "Lady in the Lake," which was adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries starring 19-Across and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | AERIE | 5 | The largest one of these was in Florida, weighted an estimated 4,000 lb plus and built by one or more pairs of Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| 42% | NCAAWOMENS | 10 | With 40-Across, sport whose annual tournament was won this past Tuesday by the University of Connecticut, for the tenth time: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | 14-Across and 29-Across rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame who turns 50 years old this week (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MARVINGAYE | 10 | 14-Across and 45-Across singer who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 41% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 41% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 41% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer of 15-Across, 9-Down, and 22-Down who will appear in the 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born" (2 wds.) |