| 100% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | 1970s-'80s craze that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 71% | PARISFRANCE | 11 | World capital that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 61% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 57% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 57% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 57% | MAANDPA | 7 | Kettles ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | THANK | 5 | With 47-Down, the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 16-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | REPRONUNCIATION | 15 | Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | NOTPC | 5 | Potentially offensive, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | STATEREPRESENTATIVES | 20 | Some legislators (or the theme of this puzzle?) |
| 56% | POLITICAL | 9 | With 57-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 56% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Lincoln topic, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 55% | URL | 3 | Its common extensions are the theme of this puzzle |
| 55% | JUMPERS | 7 | Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 55% | BORES | 5 | Tedious things ... or phonetically, the theme of this puzzle |
| 54% | STATE | 5 | With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire] |
| 54% | UNITEDNATIONS | 13 | Organization honored on October 24 ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 54% | DANDD | 5 | Seminal role-playing game familiarly, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 53% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| 53% | NOID | 4 | Reason to be barred from a bar ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 52% | HOT | 3 | The opposite of the theme of this puzzle |
| 52% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 51% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | EGG | 3 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle, as seen in 28a, 45a, 7d, 11d, and 31d! |
| 51% | XFILES | 6 | Theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 51% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 49% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |