| 100% | ARTICLES | 8 | A, an, and the |
| 81% | BEAST | 5 | "Beauty and the ___," an animated musical romantic film based on a French fairy tale |
| 78% | THEWHO | 6 | With Yes and the Band, band in an “SCTV” parody of a classic Abbott and Costello bit |
| 75% | MAGNETO | 7 | Marvel comics villain who is a powerful mutant and an adversary of the X-Men |
| 75% | EPOCH | 5 | Subdivision of the geologic time scale longer than an age and shorter than a period |
| 75% | BULB | 4 | Light source, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "culb" |
| 74% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 73% | PRIM | 4 | Wearing an ankle-length dress and white blouse with a collar buttoned to the top, maybe |
| 73% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 73% | CIRCLE | 6 | Round geometrical shape, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "hurkle" |
| 73% | HOLA | 4 | Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it |
| 73% | INSIDESCOOP | 11 | And the homebody ordered an ... |
| 72% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 72% | OMENS | 5 | "Good ___" (Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman novel about an angel and a demon collaborating to stop the Apocalypse) |
| 72% | KRAAL | 5 | Zulu homestead, worship site and a defensive arrangement, also known as an isibaya to the Zulu people |
| 72% | STAN | 4 | Overzealous admirer, possibly from a mash-up of the terms "stalker" and "fan" in an Eminem song |
| 72% | FILM | 4 | Another word for "movie," and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "pilm" |
| 71% | LILO | 4 | Disney's "___ & Stitch: The Series," an animated series that follows the adventures a young girl and an alien |
| 71% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 71% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land," 2016 musical starring Emma Stone which is the story of a jazz musician and an aspiring actress |
| 71% | MUSIC | 5 | Harmonious vocals or instrumental sounds, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "anchusic" |
| 70% | APRESSKI | 8 | Activities in an Alpine lodge, and a fitting end to the progression in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 70% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | FIJI | 4 | I'm an island country in the South Pacific Ocean with a white dove and lion on my flag |
| 70% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 69% | FLORENCE | 8 | __ and the Machine band; an Italian city |
| 69% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | A Commonwealth and the largest country in Oceania |
| 69% | TESTAMENT | 9 | The King James Bible has a new and an old one |
| 69% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 69% | GERE | 4 | He had the title role in "An Officer and a Gentleman" |