| 100% | TRADE | 5 | "I would happily ___ places with him and have his life." |
| 37% | HOVERED | 7 | He would have finished and drifted |
| 36% | TREETOPS | 8 | Places with bird's-eye views, and what the starred answers have |
| 36% | CAME | 4 | His team won and he suddenly ___ to life |
| 36% | SPARROW | 7 | He killed cock robin with his bow and arrow |
| 36% | CHERRYPICKING | 13 | Listen now! And I shall relate the story of the curious sovereign who adorned his castle with images of red fruit, for he was the … |
| 35% | AAMILNE | 7 | He wrote "You and I have brains. The others have fluff" |
| 34% | AVICII | 6 | Swedish DJ and producer, had hit with Wake Me Up |
| 34% | SUMMERNIGHTS | 12 | Duet with the lyrics " I saved her life, she nearly drowned / He showed off, splashing around" sung by 15-Across and 40-Across in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | WORLDS | 6 | John Grogan's "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the ___ Worst Dog" |
| 33% | ATTILA | 6 | Raphael painted a fresco of him having an audience with Pope Leo I |
| 32% | WOULDNEVERFLY | 13 | "Then I had a fling with a Pittsburgh Penguin, but I knew he ..." |
| 32% | ONES | 4 | He paid with a five-dollar bill and got 3 ___ back from his two-dollar purchase |
| 32% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 32% | IFITOLLEDTHEM | 13 | With 36- and 44-Across, what 17-Across might have said when his job became too repetitious? |
| 32% | GROUCHO | 7 | He said, "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others" |
| 32% | THEHOUSEATPOOHCORNER | 20 | ''. . . in that enchanted place . . . a little boy and his Bear will always be playing'' (1928) |
| 31% | CHATTYCATHY | 11 | Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including "I love you" and "May I have a cookie?" |
| 31% | STANLEE | 7 | He had a cameo in The Avengers with the line "Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!" |
| 31% | COLLEGES | 8 | Places with dorms and quads |
| 31% | ZOOS | 4 | Places with lions and giraffes |
| 31% | CAFES | 5 | Places with coffee and pastries |
| 31% | DELIS | 5 | Places with salami and pastrami |
| 31% | KARAOKEBARS | 11 | Places with pitches and pitchers |
| 31% | SPAS | 4 | Places with stones and mud |
| 31% | FAIRGROUNDS | 11 | Places with rides and games |
| 31% | ROADS | 5 | Places with forks and jughandles |
| 31% | ZOOS | 4 | Places with pandas and tigers |
| 31% | SPAS | 4 | Places with scrubs and masks |
| 31% | ILLS | 4 | I will have small troubles |