| 100% | LARDS | 5 | "House of ___," swap "Cards" with a rhyming word to get a political TV show where leaders scheme to rule the nation's fat reserves |
| 48% | BREAD | 5 | "The Walking ___," swap "Dead" with a rhyming word to get an apocalyptic TV show where people flee from rising bakery loaves |
| 41% | BARS | 4 | "Star ___," swap "Wars" with a rhyming word to get a space saga where the Jedi battle for the galaxy's best chocolate treats |
| 40% | DILL | 4 | "Kill ___: Volume 1," swap "Bill" with a rhyming word to get a martial arts film where the Bride takes her revenge on evil pickles |
| 39% | FEAST | 5 | "Beauty and the ___," swap "Beast" with a rhyming word to get a fantasy film where Belle must host a lavish banquet |
| 39% | SNACK | 5 | "___ to the Future," swap "Back" with a rhyming word to get a sci-fi film where Marty goes back in time to look for munchies |
| 26% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 26% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 24% | LIKABLE | 7 | Having the qualities of someone you might want to get a beer with, say |
| 24% | ABELINCOLN | 10 | Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats |
| 24% | CITIZEN | 7 | Word with "ship" to signify the status of belonging to a country |
| 24% | PLOT | 4 | Term used to describe the storyline of a TV show |
| 24% | INGOD | 5 | Words to the left of the White House flag on a $20 bill |
| 24% | FINALE | 6 | Term used to describe the last episode of a TV show |
| 24% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "The Birth of a Nation" actress who plays law student Michaela Pratt on "How to Get Away with Murder" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | EROO | 4 | Suffix with switch to get the word for a sudden change |
| 24% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 23% | AJA | 3 | Actress ___ Naomi King from the TV show "How to Get Away with Murder" |
| 23% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 23% | RECAP | 5 | Term used to summarize the previous episode at the beginning of a TV show |
| 23% | UNO | 3 | Game where you try to get rid of your cards before the other players |
| 23% | SUNNY | 5 | "It's Always ___ in Philadelphia," 2005 sitcom that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 176.2 words spoken per minute |
| 23% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 23% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 23% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 23% | AGONIC | 6 | Line on the Earth's surface where the direction of magnetic north as shown on a compass is identical to true north |
| 23% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 23% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 23% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |