| 100% | LEMON | 5 | "The ___ Drop Kid," comedy film starring Bob Hope ... and a "citric" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 62% | APPLE | 5 | "The ___ Dumpling Gang," comedy-Western film starring Bill Bixby ... and a "fruity" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 62% | SUGAR | 5 | "The Wonderful Story of Henry ___," fantasy short film ... and a sweet ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 56% | SPICE | 5 | "___ World," musical comedy film ... and an ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 53% | BUTTER | 6 | "The Peanut ___ Falcon," dramedy film ... and a "fatty" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 44% | PALEFACE | 8 | The —, 1948 comedy-western film starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell |
| 43% | PIE | 3 | "American ___," teen film starring Jason Biggs ... and a traditional Thanksgiving dessert whose ingredients can be found in this puzzle |
| 40% | ROAD | 4 | & 17A 1947 film in a comedy series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope |
| 39% | ROADTOUTOPIA | 12 | Alaska-set 1945 film comedy in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour |
| 37% | GOONIES | 7 | "The ___," 1985 adventure comedy film starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and an ensemble cast as a group of kids living in the "Goon Docks" |
| 36% | CALLME | 6 | & 19D 1963 film comedy starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg |
| 35% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Make a Thanksgiving pie with us! (1/5) You'll need this star ingredient that gives the pie its name and deliciously smooth filling |
| 35% | OFFLIMITS | 9 | 1952 film comedy also known as Military Policemen starring Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney |
| 35% | END | 3 | "This is the ___," a 2013 disaster comedy film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco |
| 35% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | RUNDOWN | 7 | "The ___," action comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson as a bounty hunter, that released internationally as "Welcome to the Jungle" |
| 34% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Heart of the home," where flames dance and ingredients collide to make a sumptuous meal! |
| 33% | GOGREEN | 7 | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| 33% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 33% | YARD | 4 | "The Longest ___,' a 2005 sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock |
| 33% | RAINOUT | 7 | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| 33% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 33% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 33% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SANTA | 5 | "Bad ___," Christmas dark comedy film starring Billy Bob Thornton, in which two fraudsters try to rob a mall |
| 32% | SAUSAGEPARTY | 12 | Animated adult comedy film starring Seth Rogen, about a sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |