| 100% | SLAPSTICK | 9 | A type of comedy based on absurd events |
| 44% | SATIRE | 6 | Type of comedy often shown on "Saturday Night Live" |
| 43% | SCREWBALL | 9 | A type of zany comedy movie; anagram of crab wells |
| 43% | FEATHER | 7 | Type of plumage on a bird |
| 43% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | Type of candy on a stick |
| 43% | BOWSPRIT | 8 | Type of spar on a ship |
| 43% | MIZZENMAST | 10 | Type of spar on a ship |
| 42% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 murder-mystery comedy based on a board game |
| 42% | ONEDAYATATIME | 13 | Current Netflix comedy based on a 1970s sitcom: 5 wds. |
| 42% | ABSTRACT | 8 | Type of art not based on concrete existence |
| 42% | OLDIE | 5 | Type of song on a "classic" radio station |
| 42% | GRAHAM | 6 | Type of cracker used in a pie base |
| 41% | DAVE | 4 | FXX comedy based on the life of the rapper Lil Dicky |
| 41% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | 1992 comedy based on a long-running "S.N.L." sketch |
| 41% | FIDDLER | 7 | Type of crab or violin player on a roof |
| 41% | PYTHON | 6 | Type of constrictor seen in "Snakes on a Plane" |
| 41% | INCOME | 6 | Type of tax that is based on earnings and gains |
| 41% | POLO | 4 | Type of shirt that might have a crocodile on it |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Type of 23a when you're on a tight deadline |
| 41% | OGRE | 4 | Type of beast with a page on the website WikiShrek |
| 40% | WERTHER | 7 | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| 40% | PERCENT | 7 | Basic statistic based on a proportion of 100 |
| 40% | BAYWATCH | 8 | 2017 action comedy based on a David Hasselhoff TV show, featuring 33-Across |
| 40% | OILY | 4 | Type of complexion on which a lightweight moisturizer might be used |
| 40% | HAMSTER | 7 | Type of rodent sold in pet stores, runs on a wheel |
| 40% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on events of 1979-80 |
| 40% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | 2007 action film based on a line of toys |
| 40% | AVE | 3 | Common type of street on a Monopoly board (Abbr.) |
| 39% | RELAY | 5 | Type of race that requires the participant to pass on a baton |
| 39% | JUSTIFIED | 9 | FX show based on a series of Elmore Leonard books |