| 100% | LETITBE | 7 | 37-Across album released 50 years ago (3 wds.) |
| 59% | MARCUSWELBYMD | 13 | ABC medical drama that debuted 50 years ago: 3 wds. |
| 52% | DRSTRANGELOVE | 13 | Movie subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," which was released 50 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FAYEDUNAWAY | 11 | She was Bonnie in "Bonnie and Clyde," which was released 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CAROLE | 6 | Singer King whose album "Tapestry" was released 50 years ago last month |
| 43% | MAGICKINGDOM | 12 | Walt Disney World theme park that opened 50 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 50-Across, Best Picture Oscar film released 50 years ago |
| 40% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Actress who played a singing matriarch on "The Partridge Family," which premiered 50 years ago this month (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | Hit song, album, and film by Prince released 35 years ago this summer (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MOD | 3 | Fashionable, 50 years ago |
| 38% | RALPHWAITE | 10 | "Days of Our Lives" actor who played John Walton Sr. on "The Waltons," which debuted 50 years ago this week (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THEODDCOUPLE | 12 | 1970s Neil Simon sitcom starring 17-Across and 41-Across that debuted 50 years ago (3 wds.) |
| 37% | PAT | 3 | First Family member, 50 years ago |
| 36% | JANISJOPLIN | 11 | Rock/blues singer who performed "To Love Somebody" at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JIMIHENDRIX | 11 | Legendary guitarist who performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NINETRACKMIND | 13 | Debut album by 18-Across, released in January: 3 wds. |
| 35% | DEATHOFA | 8 | With 45-Across, best-known play written by Arthur Miller, born 100 years ago today: 3 wds. |
| 34% | THEDARKHALF | 11 | 18-Across novel about a sinister supernatural twin that was released 30 years ago today (3 wds.) |
| 34% | MICHAELPALIN | 12 | Actor and travel documentarian who cocreated "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | Song by "The Doors," from an album released in January 1967 which spent three weeks at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 34% | SANDIEGO | 8 | Home to a famous chicken mascot that debuted 50 years ago |
| 34% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band that won the Eurovision Song Contest 50 years ago |
| 33% | SAWSOMEWOOD | 11 | Refer 37-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GETAHEADOF | 10 | See 37-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | MONTYPYTHONS | 12 | With 55 Across, BBC series that premiered 50 years ago tomorrow |
| 33% | TERRYGILLIAM | 12 | Actor and "12 Monkeys" director who cocreated "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEBAND | 7 | One-time backup for Bob Dylan that performed "Chest Fever" at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SANTANA | 7 | Mexican-American rock group that performed "Evil Ways" at Woodstock 50 years ago |
| 33% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | R&B singer who released the #1 album "Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius" in 1963, at age 13: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TRAGICKINGDOM | 13 | No Doubt album featuring the hit singles 16-Across and 50-Across (2 wds.) |