| 100% | FAJITAS | 7 | "Restaurant Patrons Entranced By Sizzling Order Of ___" (headline in The Onion) |
| 50% | AREAMAN | 7 | Frequent subject of headlines in The Onion |
| 45% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 39% | SIDECAR | 7 | Cognac cocktail ordered by Arthur Ruskin in "Bonfire of the Vanities" |
| 38% | LAW | 3 | Betteridge’s ___ of headlines (“Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’ ”) |
| 37% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor awarded the Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito in 2008 |
| 37% | AREAMAN | 7 | Nameless local guy in The Onion headlines |
| 37% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of (surrounded by) |
| 37% | THRALL | 6 | In the __ of: totally absorbed by |
| 35% | ART | 3 | "The method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth," per Anaïs Nin |
| 35% | JEDI | 4 | Order of heroic warriors in the "Star Wars" films |
| 35% | HEURES | 6 | Posting in the window of un restaurant |
| 35% | SNAPE | 5 | Order of the Phoenix member, in the Harry Potter books |
| 35% | ZEN | 3 | "___ in the Art of Archery," book by Eugen Herrigel |
| 35% | MYSTERY | 7 | Word in the full title of Glass Onion |
| 35% | TAO | 3 | Natural order of the universe, in Chinese philosophy |
| 35% | HUNAN | 5 | Province in the names of many Chinese restaurants |
| 34% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 34% | LOVE | 4 | "___ in the Time of Cholera," novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| 34% | CBES | 4 | Honorees in the Order of the British Empire (abbr.) |
| 34% | TAO | 3 | Natural order of the universe, in East Asian philosophy |
| 34% | BALROG | 6 | Creature slain in the Mines of Moria by Gandalf |
| 34% | JEROME | 6 | St __ in the Desert, series of artworks by Bellini |
| 34% | SINKHOLE | 8 | Pit in the ground caused by collapse of surface |
| 34% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 34% | BBC | 3 | Largest television network in the world, by number of employees |
| 34% | CHOLERA | 7 | "Love in the Time of ___," novel by Gabriel G. Marquez |
| 34% | BBC | 3 | Largest TV network in the world, by number of employees |
| 33% | CITYGATE | 8 | Entrance in the walls of a fortified settlement |
| 33% | JACKO | 5 | The King of Pop, in headlines |