| 100% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 41% | PARANORMAL | 10 | "___ Activity," 2007 found footage film that follows the lives of a couple with a supernatural presence in their home |
| 40% | HALLOWEENKILLS | 14 | Twelfth installment in the horror franchise featuring 26-Across that began with a 1978 film starring 12-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MWA | 3 | Fraternal org. founded in 1883, now with over 740,000 members, that was to protect families after the death of a breadwinner. (abbr.) |
| 36% | ATM | 3 | It might be found in the corner of a corner store |
| 36% | SLASHER | 7 | Canadian anthology horror series with a mystery storyline that is resolved at the end of the season |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world |
| 36% | MAKEHAPPY | 9 | Bo Burnham special that begins with a video of him in clown makeup |
| 35% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 35% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 35% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PUR | 3 | Water filter brand that can be found at the beginning of "purple" |
| 35% | CHIPS | 5 | Salty potato snacks that can be found in a bag of Lays |
| 35% | LOVEKNOT | 8 | *Romantic symbol that may be tied in the shape of a heart |
| 35% | ROAR | 4 | Online magazine founded as a blog in 2010 that is now a self-declared "activist-run journal of the radical imagination" |
| 34% | LOSER | 5 | Beck song that begins "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" |
| 34% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 34% | ANNABEL | 7 | With 13-Down, titular maiden in a Poe poem that begins, "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 34% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 34% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 34% | PSALMONE | 8 | It begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 34% | THEUGLYTRUTH | 12 | 2010 book that was #5 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | THETHIRDWHEEL | 13 | 2012 book that was #7 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | THELASTSTRAW | 12 | 2009 book that was #3 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 film starring Sacha Baron Cohen that is shot in the style of a mockumentary |
| 34% | ELVISHLIVES | 11 | Claim that a language in "The Lord of the Rings" is not extinct? |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that was a battleground in the War of 1812 |
| 33% | SIMPLEMACHINE | 13 | Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| 33% | TIBER | 5 | Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of this river |
| 33% | WHIP | 4 | A long instrument made of rope or leather that you would find in the hands of a lion tamer |