| 100% | PENN | 4 | ___ and Teller (pair of magicians) |
| 85% | PENN | 4 | ___ and Teller (duo of magicians) |
| 60% | CUBALIBRE | 9 | Cocktail pairing of rum and coke |
| 58% | SPATS | 5 | Pair of short cloth gaiters covering the instep and ankle |
| 58% | ARK | 3 | It had a pair of bears and hares |
| 54% | SECATEURS | 9 | Small pair of shears with pivoted handles and a single cutting blade |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Pairing and twisting of yarn to lock threads in position |
| 53% | ABRA | 4 | Start and end of a magician's cry |
| 53% | IDIOT | 5 | Teller of a tale "full of sound and fury," per Macbeth |
| 53% | IDIOT | 5 | Teller of a tale “full of sound and fury,” per Macbeth |
| 52% | TAROT | 5 | Holder of The Hermit, The Devil and The Magician |
| 52% | PCSORCAR | 8 | World famous Indian magician of the 1950s and 60s |
| 52% | JILLETTE | 8 | Penn of Penn and Teller |
| 52% | MAGIC | 5 | Specialty of Penn and Teller |
| 52% | BLACKWALL | 9 | & 16D Pair of road links between Greenwich and Tower Hamlets underneath the River Thames |
| 50% | ZENON | 5 | Paul —, stage and television magician; author of 2005 book Street Magic |
| 50% | HERS | 4 | His and ___ (matched pair of towels, perhaps) |
| 49% | PENN | 4 | ___ and Teller (magicians with a show in Las Vegas) |
| 48% | PRESTOCHANGEO | 13 | Magician's phrase ... or a hint to part of 18-, 25-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 48% | VALS | 4 | Actor Kilmer of "The Super" and magician Valentino, known as the Masked Magician |
| 48% | PANTS | 5 | Pair of ___ |
| 48% | SOCKS | 5 | Pair of ___ |
| 48% | SHOES | 5 | Pair of ___ |
| 47% | BEACH | 5 | "Ghost ___," 1994 "Goosebumps" book by R.L. Stine about a pair of siblings and their encounters with ghosts |
| 47% | PEAR | 4 | Homophone of "pair" and "pare" |
| 47% | PEAR | 4 | Homophone of "pare" and "pair" |
| 47% | MATES | 5 | Pair of socks |
| 47% | ONETWO | 6 | Pair of socks? |
| 47% | ENS | 3 | Pair of nines? |
| 47% | SPAN | 4 | Pair of oxen |