| 100% | KOOKY | 5 | "They're creepy and they're ___ ..." (start of the theme song to "The Addams Family") |
| 84% | KOOKY | 5 | "They're creepy and they're ___" (start of the "Addams Family" theme song) |
| 53% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 52% | KOOKY | 5 | Rhyme of "spooky" and "ooky" in "The Addams Family" theme song |
| 51% | MUSCLES | 7 | They're subject to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 45% | PETS | 4 | Spiders and snakes, to the Addams Family |
| 45% | MONEYMONEYMONEY | 15 | 1976 Abba song ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 44% | THATSMYJAM | 10 | “I love this song!” . . . or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 39-, and 52-Across |
| 44% | JESS | 4 | "Who's that girl? It's ___!" (end of the theme song to "New Girl") |
| 44% | CANS | 4 | They're sometimes tied to the back of a bride and groom's car |
| 44% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Novelty song (and #1 hit) with the lyric "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" ... and an apt description of the puzzle's theme |
| 43% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "No Time to Die": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GLENNMILLER | 11 | Musician mentioned in the theme song to "All in the Family" |
| 43% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 42% | FISHHEADS | 9 | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 42% | TAXRETURNS | 10 | They're filed this time of year, and a hint to portions of the starred answers |
| 42% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 40% | SPOOKY | 6 | Adjective in the theme of "The Addams Family" |
| 40% | VIS | 3 | Letters common to the start of "vision" and "visor" |
| 40% | HAIRSALON | 9 | Permanent place ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | RECIPEBOOK | 10 | Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | SEATINGPLAN | 11 | Wedding reception headache ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues constitute? |
| 40% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 40% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 40% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |
| 39% | FORWARD | 7 | 2016 song by Beyonce and James Blake that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts |
| 39% | CHECKLIST | 9 | To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise |
| 39% | COMESFULLCIRCLE | 15 | Arrives at one's starting point again, and the first clue to the puzzle theme |
| 39% | COINFLIPS | 9 | Starts of some games ... and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48 and 56-Across? |
| 39% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |