| 100% | SUPERBOWLXLI | 12 | 33-Across was its MVP in 2007: 3 wds. |
| 63% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | 14-Across was its MVP in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CARYELWES | 9 | Star of 33-Across whose memoir about it, "As You Wish," will be published in the fall of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JEREMYPENA | 10 | 33-Across shortstop who was named MVP of both the American League Championship Series and the World Series in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PLTRAVERS | 9 | Writer born August 9, 1899, who created 33-Across and who was portrayed in 46-Across (3 wds.) |
| 43% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback who hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2007, the same year he was named Super Bowl MVP (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AISHATYLER | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host who voices characters in the video games "Halo: Reach," "Gears of War 3," and "Watch Dogs" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FUNNYGAMES | 10 | A 2007 psychological thriller starring Naomi Watts - whose birthday it is today - in the lead role alongside Tim Roth: 2 wds. |
| 41% | APOLOANTONOHNO | 14 | Olympic speed skater who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2007: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ILET | 4 | It was raining so ___ him in": 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHINASEA | 8 | Taiwan is in it: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SIXWEEKS | 8 | With 33-Across, what is forecast if the title character in 14-Across sees his shadow: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DFLAT | 5 | Liszt's "Consolation No. 3" is in it |
| 39% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 38% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Colts quarterback who was the 2007 Super Bowl MVP: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PAULDANO | 8 | "The Batman" actor who played twin brothers in 2007's "There Will Be Blood": 2 wds. |
| 37% | OPEC | 4 | 118-Across is in it |
| 37% | JOHNELWAY | 9 | Denver Broncos quarterback who was MVP of Super Bowl 33 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THEMIDDLE | 9 | ABC sitcom starring 16-Across and 33-Across in its ninth and final season (2 wds.) |
| 37% | WAYNEBRADY | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member who belts out lyrics in the Hoedown game (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BRINE | 5 | 16-Across is preserved in it |
| 36% | TOBOW | 5 | In Japan, it is proper ___ when you meet someone (bend at the waist): 2 wds |
| 36% | COLINMOCHRIE | 12 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member who speak-sings his lyrics in the Hoedown game (2 wds.) |
| 36% | AREA | 4 | It may be measured in 45-Across |
| 36% | TITANIC | 7 | Film that was rereleased in 3-D nearly fifteen years after its initial première |
| 35% | MEOR | 4 | "Is it just ___ is it hot in here?" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MEOR | 4 | "Is it just ___ is it hot in here?": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SUPERBOWLI | 10 | Bart Starr was its MVP (1967) |
| 35% | STANMUSIAL | 10 | Cardinals slugger who was the National League MVP three times in the 1940s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ROYCAMPANELLA | 13 | Dodgers slugger who was the National League MVP three times in the 1950s (2 wds.) |