| 100% | SELFRELIANCE | 12 | 1841 Emerson essay with the line “That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him” |
| 27% | ARTHUR | 6 | Film with the Oscar-winning song "Best That You Can Do" |
| 27% | ARTHUR | 6 | 1981 Moore/Minnelli film with the Oscar-winning song "Best That You Can Do" |
| 26% | SHREK | 5 | Animated movie with the line "That'll do, Donkey, that'll do" |
| 26% | WILDESTDREAMS | 13 | Taylor Swift power ballad with the lyrics “He’s so tall and handsome as hell / He’s so bad, but he does it so well” |
| 25% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Something that has to do with the Good Book |
| 25% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's 2023 album "Guts" with the lyric "Yes, I know that he's my ex, but can't two people reconnect?" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | EGO | 3 | Beyoncé song with the line "He walk like this 'cause he can back it up" |
| 25% | SMILE | 5 | "We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother Teresa |
| 24% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner with the line "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit" |
| 24% | TILLYOULOVEME | 13 | Reba McEntire song with the lyric "I guess I can wait if that's what I have to do" |
| 24% | LEAR | 4 | King with the immortal line "Who is it that can tell me who I am?" |
| 23% | PEER | 4 | "What does the poet do when he's frustrated with his fellow student? He shakes ___" |
| 23% | PICK | 4 | With 39-Across, "Move faster!," or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 23% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 23% | OXEN | 4 | Animal name that ends with "X" but the plural does not end with "s" |
| 23% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 23% | BEST | 4 | "___ That You Can Do," song from the movie "Arthur" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981 |
| 23% | ADDUPTOFIFTEEN | 14 | With 98-Across, 34-Down and 48-Down, what each line in the center square should do |
| 22% | EBERT | 5 | His obituary in the New York Daily News began with the line "He got two thumbs up" |
| 22% | LEAST | 5 | That's the ___ I can do |
| 22% | HASGAME | 7 | Can compete with the best |
| 22% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Novel with the line "Reader, I married him" |
| 22% | RATATOUILLE | 11 | Pixar film with the line "Anyone can cook!" |
| 22% | GETALIFE | 8 | "Surely you can do better things with your time!" |
| 22% | BYE | 3 | Word that rhymes with "hi" but means the opposite |
| 22% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel that opens with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 21% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 21% | LAPDOGS | 7 | Pets that do well with sitters? |