| 100% | SHOUT | 5 | "Scream and ___" by will.i.am |
| 79% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd drop by" |
| 71% | WAITING | 7 | "I Knew You Were ___ For Me," 1987 romantic duet by Aretha Franklin and George Michael |
| 69% | ARE | 3 | I am, and you? |
| 69% | MODERATELYCHALLENGING | 21 | ... and I am ___ |
| 69% | TWENTYONEBYTWENTYONE | 20 | ... and I am ___ |
| 69% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 68% | DEBORAHKERR | 11 | "The King and I" star whose songs were dubbed by Marni Nixon (1930-2016) : 2 wds. |
| 68% | LAUGH | 5 | "You Make Me ___," 2001 song that was co-written by Christina Milian, Christian Karlsson, and Odesjo |
| 68% | ABLE | 4 | I am ready, willing, and __ |
| 68% | CAN | 3 | "I ___ and I will..." |
| 68% | CAN | 3 | "I ___ and I will!" |
| 68% | ALEXANDER | 9 | I created one of the largest empires of the ancient world and my name is followed by "The Great" |
| 67% | MILES | 5 | "And I would walk 500 ___..." (lyrics by The Proclaimers) |
| 67% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 67% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 67% | FILL | 4 | I will follow fellow and pack |
| 67% | RUNNINGONEMPTY | 14 | 1978 single by 42-Across with the lyric "In '69, I was 21 and I called the road my own" (3 wds.) |
| 66% | HAMMER | 6 | Mike —, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 66% | ITSNOTEVENFUNNY | 15 | ". . . and I am being so serious" |
| 66% | HERE | 4 | "___ I Am" by Jonathan Safran Foer |
| 66% | HERE | 4 | "___ I Am," song by Bryan Adams |
| 66% | ITSOVER | 7 | “You and I are done!” |
| 65% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 65% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 65% | KILL | 4 | Terminate king and I will follow |
| 65% | TAT | 3 | Tasteless by being cheap and vulgar |
| 65% | BOROS | 5 | What Bklyn. and Staten I. are |
| 64% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |