| 100% | CATCH | 5 | A Willie Mays or Dwight Clark play: The __ |
| 44% | ODDBALL | 7 | Eccentric sort … or a "sport" where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 41% | CAST | 4 | The actors in a play or movie |
| 40% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 40% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written text of a play or movie |
| 40% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written dialog of a play or movie |
| 40% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 39% | DIRECT | 6 | Control the creation of a film or play |
| 38% | JOB | 3 | A student might have one after school or during the summer |
| 38% | ACTOR | 5 | Member of the cast of a movie or play |
| 38% | STARLET | 7 | One may play a big part in the future |
| 38% | ICU | 3 | Where a hospital patient might go after the OR: Abbr. |
| 38% | IVYLEAGUER | 10 | Brown girl or a guy who plays for the Tigers |
| 37% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with a single heart, diamond, club, or spade in the center |
| 37% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 37% | FIREPLUG | 8 | What may have a dog leg to the left or right? |
| 37% | IPAD | 4 | Device a kitty might play Catch the Mouse on |
| 37% | ICU | 3 | Where a patient may go after the OR: Abbr. |
| 37% | ICU | 3 | Where a patient might go after the OR: Abbr. |
| 37% | ROMANCE | 7 | "The Notebook" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 37% | HAIL | 4 | It may be the size of a golf ball, baseball, or softball |
| 36% | FICTION | 7 | "The Great Gatsby" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 36% | MOUSE | 5 | It might be under the paw of a cat ... or a computer user |
| 36% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 35% | TANLINE | 7 | One might trace the edge of a T-shirt sleeve or a bikini top |
| 35% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 35% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | POETRY | 6 | Haikus, odes, e.g.... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 35% | TRAVEL | 6 | "Eat, Pray, Love" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 35% | BANE | 4 | "Boon or a ___" (also the name of Batman's nemesis played by Tom Hardy) |