| 100% | CLOTHES | 7 | __ make the man in a famous saying |
| 53% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 53% | OLD | 3 | Like the man in a Hemingway title |
| 52% | PATROL | 6 | Make the rounds in a police car |
| 51% | COPA | 4 | The club in a famous Barry Manilow song |
| 51% | TABLEHOPS | 9 | Makes the rounds, in a way |
| 51% | MATTDRUDGE | 10 | Personality who created a famous report and who Tucker Carlson recently said was "firmly a man of the progressive left" |
| 49% | TIN | 3 | Like the man in Oz who wanted a heart |
| 49% | MISDIAL | 7 | Make the wrong call, in a way |
| 49% | STAR | 4 | The lead in a TV show, say |
| 49% | PERMS | 5 | Makes the hair wavy, in a way |
| 49% | OPENS | 5 | Makes the first move in a game |
| 48% | SABINE | 6 | Like the women in a famous Rubens painting |
| 48% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a bridge game |
| 48% | BASEBALL | 8 | Men's bat-and-ball sport that was contested in the Olympics from 1992-2008 and will make a return in 2020 |
| 48% | GABARDINE | 9 | "The man in the __ suit is a spy": Paul Simon |
| 48% | DEAD | 4 | Like the parrot in a famous Monty Python sketch |
| 48% | STARRY | 6 | Like the night in a famous Van Gogh painting |
| 48% | AIKENDRUM | 9 | Man in the moon with a cream cheese hat |
| 48% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a game of bridge |
| 47% | TIN | 3 | The ___ Man (character made from a metal) |
| 47% | SKY | 3 | The limit, in a saying |
| 47% | MUM | 3 | The word, in a saying |
| 47% | DAMAGE | 6 | Make a dent in, say |
| 47% | MAR | 3 | Make a dent in, say |
| 47% | SOLDIER | 7 | A man in the army |
| 47% | EATEN | 5 | Like the plums in a famous William Carlos Williams poem |
| 47% | CAMPS | 5 | Sleeps in a tent in the desert, say |
| 47% | CAMP | 4 | Sleep in a tent in the woods, say |
| 47% | PARTYHOPS | 9 | Makes the rounds on a weekend night, say |