| 100% | GOLDEN | 6 | ___ ticket, allusion meaning "a golden opportunity" that can be seen in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 47% | MIKETEAVEE | 10 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is miniaturized in a broadcasting accident: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JELLY | 5 | ___ Beanstalk candy, Mr. Wonka's invention in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that can make Wonka bots into vineballs |
| 41% | AUGUSTUSGLOOP | 13 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who falls in a chocolate river: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HAIR | 4 | ___ toffee, candy from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which is in the inventing room |
| 41% | FIREFLY | 7 | *Insect that can be seen in the dark |
| 41% | LIFE | 4 | Circle of ___, allusion meaning "the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth" that can be seen in "The Lion King" |
| 40% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Balloons, sweet edibles from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that can blow up to huge sizes |
| 40% | HOLE | 4 | Rabbit ___, allusion meaning "an obsessive subject" that can be seen in "Alice in Wonderland" |
| 40% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BUN | 3 | Burger ___, bread item that can be seen in the Burger King logo |
| 39% | LOOMPA | 6 | Start for a "land" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 39% | MINT | 4 | ___ Jujubes, candies from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that gave the boy next door green teeth for a month |
| 39% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | GLOBE | 5 | Spherical representation of the earth that can be seen in the Pepsi logo in red, white, and blue |
| 39% | PILLOW | 6 | Eatable Marshmallow ___, confection in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which can support your head while sleeping |
| 38% | WONKA | 5 | Depp in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 38% | SALT | 4 | Veruca —, winner of one of five Golden Tickets in 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 37% | VISIBLY | 7 | In a way that can be seen |
| 37% | ATEST | 5 | Event that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas in the '50s |
| 37% | WONKA | 5 | Eccentric inventor in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 37% | VERUCASALT | 10 | *Bratty girl in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 37% | WILLY | 5 | "___ Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," 1971 Gene Wilder film that celebrates a grandson-grandfather relationship |
| 37% | CITRATE | 7 | Salt that can be derived from the acid in lemons and limes |
| 37% | TEAVEE | 6 | "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" surname that sounds like an appliance |
| 36% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 36% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 36% | VIOLET | 6 | Gum-chewing girl in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 36% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | GATE | 4 | Let's go to the 1930s! What will you see here? The Golden ___ Bridge, landmark in San Francisco that you can see after 1937 |