| 100% | ELIA | 4 | ___ Goode Byington, joint proprietor, editor and manager of the Columbus Evening Ledger in the 1880s |
| 34% | SCOTT | 5 | The manager and one of the main characters in "The Office," Michael ___ |
| 31% | LORENZ | 6 | Konrad —, Austrian psychologist, zoologist and ethologist; joint-winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 31% | HOCK | 4 | Joint in the hind leg of a horse between the gaskin and the cannon bone |
| 30% | TAHITI | 6 | Largest island in French Polynesia and location of Punaauia, home for Paul Gauguin in the 1880s |
| 29% | ALTERCATION | 11 | Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across? |
| 29% | ETAL | 4 | And more of the same, in brief |
| 29% | ARSENIC | 7 | Botallack Mine, now part of a Cornwall and West Devon World Heritage site, averaged 4 tons of this per month in the 1880s |
| 29% | BRIANEPSTEIN | 12 | Manager nicknamed the "Fifth Beatle" who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TORRE | 5 | Hall of Famer who was an MVP and Manager of the Year |
| 28% | BREATHING | 9 | Taking air in and out of the lungs |
| 28% | SHIMMY | 6 | Shaking and rolling of the shoulders in dance |
| 28% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 28% | HECATE | 6 | Goddess and ruler of the witches in "Macbeth" |
| 28% | EWES | 4 | Maa and most of the flock in "Babe" |
| 28% | LSAT | 4 | US joint service program initiated in 2004 aimed at reducing the weight of weaponry and ammunition (abbr.) |
| 28% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient with Hannes Alfven of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 28% | RAU | 3 | Pitcher Doug who manager Tommy Lasorda famously, and loudly, argued with on the mound in game 4 of the '77 World Series |
| 28% | LUMIERE | 7 | Name of the candelabra in Beauty and the Beast |
| 28% | POSEIDON | 8 | God of the sea and earthquakes in Greek mythology |
| 28% | ALI | 3 | Laila who dances in and out of the ring |
| 28% | HERMES | 6 | Messenger and herald of the gods in Greek mythology |
| 27% | KNEE | 4 | Joint in the middle of the leg |
| 27% | ELBOW | 5 | Joint in the middle of the arm |
| 27% | CASEY | 5 | Manager Stengel in the Hall of Fame |
| 27% | PINK | 4 | In the ___ of health (hale and hearty) |
| 27% | LYNNE | 5 | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room |
| 27% | NEIL | 4 | & 14A Author of the stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party |
| 27% | IRAS | 4 | One of the attendants of Cleopatra in the William Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra |
| 27% | DUSTYBAKER | 10 | N.L. Manager of the Year, 1993, 1997 and 2000 |