| 100% | APPLE | 5 | "The ___ Dumpling Gang," comedy-Western film starring Bill Bixby ... and a "fruity" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 61% | LEMON | 5 | "The ___ Drop Kid," comedy film starring Bob Hope ... and a "citric" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 60% | SUGAR | 5 | "The Wonderful Story of Henry ___," fantasy short film ... and a sweet ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 57% | SPICE | 5 | "___ World," musical comedy film ... and an ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 56% | BUTTER | 6 | "The Peanut ___ Falcon," dramedy film ... and a "fatty" ingredient to make a traditional Thanksgiving dessert |
| 42% | PIE | 3 | "American ___," teen film starring Jason Biggs ... and a traditional Thanksgiving dessert whose ingredients can be found in this puzzle |
| 35% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | 1984 supernatural comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray that led to three sequels, a reboot film, and two animated series |
| 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 |
| 34% | EVENING | 7 | & 5D The —, 1996 comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine and Bill Paxton |
| 34% | RINGOFBRIGHT | 12 | 1969 comedy-drama film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna based on a book by Gavin Maxwell |
| 34% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | APPLETURNOVERS | 14 | Fruity desserts, and a hint to the circled words |
| 33% | BAD | 3 | "The Good, the ___ and the Ugly," 1966 Western film starring Clint Eastwood as a bounty hunter named Blondie |
| 33% | PALEFACE | 8 | The —, 1948 comedy-western film starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell |
| 33% | ONCE | 4 | "___ Upon a Time in the West," a legendary 1968 epic Western film starring Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson |
| 33% | END | 3 | "This is the ___," a 2013 disaster comedy film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco |
| 33% | 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 |
| 32% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 32% | RAINOUT | 7 | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| 32% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 32% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 32% | RUNDOWN | 7 | "The ___," action comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson as a bounty hunter, that released internationally as "Welcome to the Jungle" |
| 31% | LIST | 4 | "The Bucket ___," a 2007 American comedy-drama film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman |
| 31% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 31% | YARD | 4 | "The Longest ___,' a 2005 sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock |
| 31% | SALT | 4 | 2010 film starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber...and what you'd use to garnish the rim of a 14a glass |
| 31% | SONOFRAMBOW | 11 | 2007 comedy-adventure film starring Bill Milner and Will Poulter |