| 100% | HAPPENED | 8 | (1/7) ["It ___ One Night"] 1934 Academy Award-winning movie starring Clark Gable...or what may be the first sentence in a romantic story |
| 43% | APARTMENT | 9 | (5/7) Sitting in ["The ___"] 1960 rom-com starring Jack Lemmon...or what may be the fifth sentence in a romantic story |
| 43% | MET | 3 | (2/7)["When Harry ___ Sally"] 1989 rom-com starring Meg Ryan...or what may be the second sentence in a romantic story |
| 43% | AMERICA | 7 | (3/7)...after ["Coming to ___"] 1988 rom-com starring Eddie Murphy...or what may be the third sentence in a romantic story |
| 42% | SOME | 4 | (6/7) Harry knew in his heart it was ["___ Kind of Wonderful"] 1987 romantic drama starring Eric Stoltz...or what may be the sixth sentence in a romantic story |
| 40% | HER | 3 | (4/7) He couldn't stop thinking about [2013 sci-fi rom-com starring Joaquin Phoenix]...or what may be the fourth sentence in a romantic story |
| 31% | ACADEMY | 7 | ___ Award for Best Actor, award won by Clark Gable for the 1934 rom-com "It Happened One Night" |
| 29% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 29% | MISFITS | 7 | "The ___," 1961 movie starring Clark Gable in his last performance, that was released posthumously |
| 28% | WATER | 5 | With 7-Across, it might be the tallest structure in a small town |
| 28% | RYANREYNOLDS | 12 | Movie star whose first major role was one of the guys on the sitcom "Two Guys and a Girl" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 28% | ENTOURAGE | 9 | What may be in a star's orbit |
| 28% | PRIZE | 5 | What may be on the line in a competition |
| 28% | WHOLENOTE | 9 | It may be the only thing in a bar |
| 28% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 27% | LWORD | 5 | What might be "love" or "lesbian" in a TV show title |
| 27% | ORIOLE | 6 | One may be seen in the same park as a blue jay ... or the same ballpark as a Blue Jay |
| 27% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 27% | INTRANSLATION | 13 | "Lost ___," a romantic comedy starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, that is considered one of the best movies of the 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PROSHOP | 7 | What might be in trouble if it's out of the woods? |
| 27% | ASL | 3 | What might be seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |
| 27% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in one year: 2 wds. |
| 27% | LEIS | 4 | May 1 was a day chosen by Don Blanding, then of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, in 1927 for a celebration of these |
| 26% | KEEPMEPOSTED | 12 | "I want to stay informed!," or what might be said by the answers to the starred clues? |
| 26% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award |
| 26% | LUISE | 5 | Rainer who was the first person to win two Academy Awards for acting |
| 26% | BRAKE | 5 | With 4-Down, what may be cut to sabotage a car in movies |
| 26% | HAPPENED | 8 | It __ One Night, movie with Clark Gable |