| 100% | THISISSPINALTAP | 15 | 1984 comedy with an IMDb rating out of eleven stars instead of the usual ten |
| 28% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating |
| 28% | NERDS | 5 | "Revenge of the ___," 1984 comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards |
| 28% | SEEGARLAND | 10 | Go out with the star of "The Wizard of Oz"? |
| 28% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 28% | HELP | 4 | "___!" musical comedy starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
| 27% | THEISLANDOF | 11 | With 114-Across, H.G. Wells classic, where you might imagine an individual with all of the starred answers |
| 27% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | WOMEN | 5 | "The ___," 2008 comedy film with an all-female cast starring Eva Mendes |
| 26% | INTHEDOGHOUSE | 13 | Out of favor with one's partner, and where to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |
| 26% | THEENDISJUST | 12 | With 43-Across, "When one door closes, another door opens," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan hit with an accompanying dance in which the letters of the song's name are spelled out |
| 26% | NIGHT | 5 | "A Hard Day's ___," musical comedy film starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
| 26% | IRIS | 4 | A part of the eye that shares its name with an acclaimed film starring Kate Winslet & Dame Judi Dench |
| 26% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 26% | WHATABOUTISM | 12 | Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | EASY | 4 | Rated 1 out of 4 stars, as a sudoku |
| 26% | PALLBEARER | 10 | "The ___," 1996 romantic comedy starring David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow, about the funeral of an old classmate |
| 25% | RETTON | 6 | Star of the 1984 Olympics |
| 25% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 25% | HES | 3 | "___ Just Not That into You," a 2009 romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast with the likes of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston |
| 25% | MARYLOURETTON | 13 | 1984 women's all-around gymnastics gold medalist who competed on Season 27 of "Dancing With the Stars": 3 wds. |
| 25% | ROBERTRED4D | 11 | Star of the 1984 movie "The Natural" |
| 25% | ELVIS | 5 | Star of the 1965 comedy "Harum Scarum" |
| 25% | SAS | 3 | An original member of the Star Alliance |
| 24% | HATES | 5 | Rates as one star out of 10, say |
| 24% | TARA | 4 | With 46-Down, star of the Sharknado franchise |
| 24% | TERMINAL | 8 | 2004 comedy starring Tom Hanks set in an airport, with "The" |
| 24% | ABROAD | 6 | Out of the country, like an overseas study program |