| 100% | BROKEN | 6 | "It would be a privilege to have my heart ___ by you," quote from "The Fault in Our Stars" |
| 39% | JOHN | 4 | I wrote "The Fault in Our Stars" and two of my books have been adapted into films |
| 37% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 36% | ANSELELGORT | 11 | "The Fault in Our Stars" actor who is also a singer and DJ who plays under the name "Ansolo": 2 wds. |
| 36% | HONOUR | 6 | "I will ___ Christmas in my heart ..." (part 1 of a quote by Scrooge) |
| 34% | JERUSALEM | 9 | It would be "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord," to Isaiah |
| 34% | PAL | 3 | It will get you from L.A. to Manila |
| 33% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 32% | GOLD | 4 | "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded ___, it would be a merrier world," quote from "The Hobbit" |
| 32% | CARYELWES | 9 | Star of 33-Across whose memoir about it, "As You Wish," will be published in the fall of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LADAS | 5 | New cars that will save you 20 to 50 thousand rubles in June, if you have a trade in |
| 32% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 32% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a phone in the White House—its number was "1" (1877) |
| 32% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 32% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 31% | USHERS | 6 | They will escort you to the seat in a theater |
| 31% | SAND | 4 | You will need to have a 1-inch layer of this grainy beach material in your snow globe terrarium |
| 31% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game in which the answers to the starred clues are legal plays but cannot be formed even if you have both blanks |
| 31% | GINGERROGERS | 12 | Actress who sings the title song with co-star Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SOTHERN | 7 | Actress Ann who has two Hollywood Walk of Fame stars and was injured in 1974 by the falling of a fake tree! |
| 31% | ANSEL | 5 | Actor ___ Elgort from "The Fault in Our Stars" |
| 31% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 30% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 30% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |
| 30% | IPOD | 4 | Let's go to the 2000s! What will you see here? You may see this Apple music device everywhere after its launch in 2001 |
| 30% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 30% | FATE | 4 | It is said to be written in the stars |