| 100% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you" ("Star Wars" quote) |
| 90% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you," famous quote from the "Star Wars" franchise |
| 83% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you" ("Star Wars" line) |
| 82% | FOURTH | 6 | "May the ___ be with you" ("Star Wars" calendar humor) |
| 76% | FOURTH | 6 | "May the ___ be with you" ...Star Wars Day pun like the ones at 37a, 44a, 4d and 42d |
| 71% | FORCE | 5 | May the __ be with you |
| 63% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you" |
| 63% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you." |
| 61% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 59% | TOOTSIE | 7 | 1982 rom-com with the theme song “It Might Be You” |
| 57% | AGENT | 5 | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |
| 56% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 56% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 55% | THEISLANDOF | 11 | With 114-Across, H.G. Wells classic, where you might imagine an individual with all of the starred answers |
| 55% | FAMILYGAMENIGHT | 15 | Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played |
| 55% | ONLY | 4 | "___ Wanna Be with You" (Hootie & the Blowfish hit single) |
| 54% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 54% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 54% | HONESTY | 7 | Billy Joel ballad with the lyrics "But if you look for truthfulness / You might just as well be blind" |
| 54% | SEVENTH | 7 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the __ film |
| 54% | SELLERS | 7 | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| 53% | ONO | 3 | Artist with the exhibition "War Is Over! (If You Want It)" |
| 53% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 52% | AWE | 3 | You may be struck with it |
| 52% | UMPS | 4 | You might be safe with them |
| 52% | AWE | 3 | You might be struck with it |
| 52% | THE | 3 | "May ___ Force be with you" |
| 52% | THE | 3 | "May ___ fourth be with you" |
| 51% | DEG | 3 | You might be honored with one: Abbr. |
| 51% | DOORS | 5 | Rock band that you might think would always be an opening act, with "the"? |