| 100% | GIFT | 4 | (3/4) "It was a birthday ___ (present) from the Puzzlers royal family, who greatly valued his contributions to cinema..." |
| 34% | PETER | 5 | ___ Griffin, character from the series "Family Guy" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 32% | SAND | 4 | It might be picked up from a trip to the beach |
| 31% | MAX | 3 | Horse from the royal army who becomes a reluctant sidekick to Flynn Rider in "Tangled" |
| 31% | HUNT | 4 | 100/100 Marsha ___, actress from the film "Born to the West" who was a centenarian |
| 31% | PEG | 3 | ___ Bundy, character from the series "Married... with Children" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Harper, character from the series "Two and a Half Men" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | WENCESLAS | 9 | I am a "good" ruler from a popular Christmas carol who gives alms to the poor |
| 30% | STAR | 4 | Patrick ___, character from the series "SpongeBob SquarePants" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | BEHINDBLUEEYES | 14 | 1971 hit from the Who that begins "No one knows what it's like to be the bad man" |
| 30% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 29% | PETER | 5 | ___ Griffin, "Family Guy" dad who misuses his powers as a mall Santa, only to be confronted by the actual Santa for the troubles he caused |
| 29% | ROTTEN | 6 | Robbie ___, character from the series "LazyTown" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 29% | JOEY | 4 | ___ Tribbiani, character from the series "Friends" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 29% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 29% | ARROW | 5 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! Archer's pointed weapon from a bow that is launched into the air |
| 29% | HOME | 4 | With 9-Across, John Hughes film about a boy who is left to defend his house from robbers |
| 28% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hasselhoff, American actor who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 1 to 4 |
| 28% | ATILLATHEHUN | 12 | The leader of a group of Eurasian nomads from which his title came, who died soon after successfully invading Italy: 3 wds. |
| 28% | LUKEAIKINS | 10 | American skydiver who was the first to land safely without a parachute or wingsuit from mid-tropospheric altitude: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ATAP | 4 | It is needed to serve beer from a keg |
| 28% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 28% | TRUST | 5 | "After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just ___ who you are," iconic quote from "Shrek" |
| 28% | ORANGE | 6 | It is the New Black, according to a Netflix drama |
| 28% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | It was his idea to breach Troy in a giant horse |
| 27% | LOCKEDINACELLO | 14 | How a guy who stole from the NY Symphony was forced to do time? |
| 27% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds," 2005 sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg, where a man tries to protect his family from an alien attack |
| 27% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 27% | YOKE | 4 | It is bound to the necks of a pair of oxen, maybe |
| 27% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | Astronaut whose birthday it is today, who became the first man to set foot on the Moon: 2 wds. |