| 100% | MAKEMINEMINK | 12 | 1960 Terry-Thomas movie (and title of this puzzle) |
| 58% | MYLITTLERUNAWAY | 15 | 1961 Del Shannon lyric (and title of this puzzle) |
| 57% | FIRSTMATES | 10 | Title of this puzzle, in reference to 17- and 39-Across and 11- and 26-Down |
| 57% | TINYTIM | 7 | Dickens character (and title of this puzzle) |
| 54% | MAKINGAMENDS | 12 | Title of this puzzle |
| 54% | BENDINGTHERULES | 15 | Title of this puzzle |
| 54% | WHINEANDDINE | 12 | Title of this puzzle |
| 54% | TWOTIMERS | 9 | Title of this puzzle |
| 51% | ATANDT | 6 | Communications giant ... or a possible title of this puzzle |
| 51% | PUN | 3 | The title of this puzzle, e.g. |
| 48% | SHH | 3 | Common cinema sound, and title of puzzle |
| 46% | LETITBE | 7 | Title of a Beatles song, album and movie |
| 44% | ROPE | 4 | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |
| 44% | PRO | 3 | Debate position and half of this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | JOHNLECARREBOOK | 15 | Theme of this puzzle, as hinted at by 17-, 23-, 45- and 59-Across |
| 44% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 44% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 43% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 43% | MARKETOPENING | 13 | What ringing a certain bell signals, and a hint to the first words of this puzzle's movie titles |
| 42% | TRIGO | 5 | Subject of this puzzle [and proceeding counterclockwise] |
| 42% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Theme (and genre) of this puzzle |
| 42% | THOR | 4 | Hammer-wielding Norse god in the titles of 2011 and 2013 movies |
| 40% | AGEDIFFERENCE | 13 | 83, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 40% | TURNCOATS | 9 | Traitors, and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 40% | SIDESALADS | 10 | Entree accompaniers, and a feature of this puzzle |
| 40% | NOTPC | 5 | Potentially offensive, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 40% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Lincoln topic, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 39% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 39% | HIDDENHALVES | 12 | Theme of this puzzle |