| 100% | BOTH | 4 | "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was ___," famous last line of "Charlotte's Web" |
| 76% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 74% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" |
| 28% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" |
| 27% | OKRA | 4 | Someone who loves it might be called a friend of the pod |
| 27% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 27% | HEYCANIGETALIFT | 15 | Request from someone who needs a ride, or a request that can be made of the starts of 17-, 24-, and 43-Across |
| 26% | ABOUTGRACE | 10 | 28-Across's debut novel, which tells the story of a man who dreams events that later come true (2 wds.) |
| 26% | RYANSTILES | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member who is not a fan of the Hoedown game (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SMART | 5 | "A ___ cookie," idiom referring to someone who is clever and capable of making good decisions |
| 26% | ARCHER | 6 | Jeffrey ___, "Kane and Abel" author whose last name sounds like someone who is good with a bow and arrow |
| 25% | POWERHOUSE | 10 | "The mitochondria is the ___ of the cell," famous line heard during Biology that is a funny and unexpected memory from school |
| 25% | HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH | 15 | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| 25% | HARLEY | 6 | ___ Quinn, famous DC comic character who belongs to the trio "Gotham City Sirens" and is a very close friend of Poison Ivy |
| 25% | DAISY | 5 | Mickey Mouse's friend and girlfriend of 6a who is mostly seen wearing a purple blouse and bow |
| 25% | SAW | 3 | I am a woodworker's best friend, I help them cut through planks of wood. Who am I? |
| 25% | DONALD | 6 | Mickey Mouse's duck best friend who is always seen wearing a sailor shirt and cap |
| 25% | JANE | 4 | She is a strong and intelligent character from one of Charlotte Bronte's best known classics |
| 25% | CALIA | 5 | Fitness apparel line that is a collaboration between singer Carrie Underwood and Dick's Sporting Goods |
| 24% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 24% | HAY | 3 | Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen |
| 24% | ADEPT | 5 | A master of an art, someone who is good at something |
| 24% | MADDEN | 6 | Benji and Joel ___, twin brothers who are part of the rock band Good Charlotte |
| 24% | GLASSJAW | 8 | A boxer who is not good at taking it on the chin |
| 24% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 24% | DANTON | 6 | Georges who was a key member of the Jacobin Club, along with Robespierre and Marat |
| 24% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 24% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 24% | ROD | 3 | I am a fisherman's best friend. I help them pull the fish once it's hooked. Who am I? |