| 100% | PANGRAM | 7 | "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz," for one |
| 51% | BIG | 3 | "Jackdaws love my ___ sphinx of quartz," sentence with every letter of the English alphabet |
| 39% | HON | 3 | Term of affection for one's love |
| 39% | FDR | 3 | One of the Big Three, for short |
| 39% | SADE | 4 | One-named Grammy winner for "Soldier of Love" |
| 38% | KESHA | 5 | One-named singer of "Your Love Is My Drug" |
| 38% | CITI | 4 | One of American banking's Big Four, for short |
| 38% | PERSONALAD | 10 | Purchase of one who's looking for love |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singer of "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" |
| 35% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 32% | DIANAROSS | 9 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" singer named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AMOR | 4 | "El ___ de Mi Vida" (1992 Ricky Martin song whose title is Spanish for "The Love of My Life") |
| 32% | OBE | 3 | Judi Dench, '98 Oscar winner for "Shakespeare in Love", had also received one of these in '70 (abbr.) |
| 32% | HALF | 4 | One of two for one |
| 32% | FAMILYTIME | 10 | *Gathering of loved ones for quality moments...like enjoying 20a, 22a, 34a, 51a, 25d, and 27d together: 2 wds. |
| 31% | \"HULKSMASH\" | 13 | Catchphrase for one of the Avengers |
| 31% | BARE | 4 | Unclothed, for one (anagram of "bear") |
| 31% | ROMANTICS | 9 | Big fans of love |
| 31% | EROS | 4 | One variety of love |
| 31% | IADOREPOTATOES | 14 | Company for ones who love taking sides? |
| 31% | ROCKET | 6 | Big tube of fuel for a spaceship |
| 31% | PROMNIGHT | 9 | Big matter of concern for senior management? |
| 31% | DONNYSBROOK | 11 | Watering spot for one of the Osmonds? |
| 31% | SANMARINO | 9 | Country named for one of its patrons |
| 31% | AXEL | 4 | Skating jump, for one (anagram of "alex") |
| 31% | BLEU | 4 | French for one of the primary colors |
| 31% | HEADS | 5 | Makes for one side of the coin |
| 31% | ELFHAT | 6 | Headwear for one of Santa's assistants |
| 31% | BERG | 4 | Big hunk of ice, for short |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | One going for big bucks? |