| 100% | WEA | 3 | "Isn't it rich, Are ___ pair" ("Send in the Clowns" lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 75% | APAIR | 5 | "Isn't it rich? / Are we ___?" (opening lyrics of "Send in the Clowns") (2 wds.) |
| 69% | WEA | 3 | "Are ___ pair?" ("Send in the Clowns" lyric): 2 wds. |
| 65% | WEA | 3 | "Aren't ___ pair?" ("Send In the Clowns" lyric): 2 wds. |
| 52% | WEA | 3 | "Are ___ pair?" ("Send in the Clowns" lyric) |
| 43% | WEA | 3 | "Are ___ pair?" ("Send in the Clowns" line) |
| 42% | USEDTO | 6 | Was in the habit of: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer whose 2021 Scent from Above perfume sold out in the first week it was available (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ASHOT | 5 | "It was just ___ in the dark": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ATOLL | 5 | "Too much work in the office is taking ___ on his health.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | "As It Was" singer who plays Jack Chambers in the 2022 film "Don't Worry Darling": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MOTHERMARY | 10 | She’s “speaking words of wisdom” in the lyrics of “Let It Be” |
| 39% | JUDYCOLLINS | 11 | Folk singer who sang the 1975 hit "Send in the Clowns": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | "Work It" rapper who was in the back seat during Michelle Obama's "Carpool Karaoke" segment: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | Jennifer Aniston's costar in the 2011 romantic comedy "Just Go With It": 2 wds. |
| 38% | NIGHTOWLS | 9 | People who are often awake in the wee hours: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MAGGIESMITH | 11 | Actress in the Harry Potter movies who was royally dubbed a dame in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | "Airplane!" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "American Sniper" actor who directed and stars in the "A Star Is Born" remake: 2 wds. |
| 38% | APAIN | 5 | "Be ___ in the neck": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer Stephen, who wrote Send in the Clowns |
| 38% | ASTEP | 5 | "It's ___ in the right direction": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MORGANCHASE | 11 | JP ___, largest bank in the United States whose oldest predecessor institution was founded in 1799: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in the 2006 music video for "Here It Goes Again": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNMCENROE | 11 | 4 time US Open champion in the Open Era from USA who was nicknamed "Superbrat": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | 5 time US Open champion in the Open Era from USA who was nicknamed "Pistol": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LETITIAWRIGHT | 13 | Actress who plays Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 37% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |