| 100% | SELLERS | 7 | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| 42% | HAIRSPRAY | 9 | You Can't Stop the Beat is in this musical |
| 42% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 39% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 39% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 38% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 38% | INVISIBLE | 9 | 52-Across song with the lyric "Then I could just watch you in your room" |
| 37% | ABBR | 4 | Clue hint used four times in this puzzle (but can't be used here because it would give away the answer) |
| 37% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you" ("Star Wars" line) |
| 37% | CERTITUDE | 9 | You can't predict the weather with this |
| 37% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 36% | STP | 3 | Product with the old jingle line "One little can will keep you running free" |
| 36% | TABS | 4 | In Chrome the default is 20 for the number of these you can have open at once |
| 36% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 36% | STAB | 4 | You could take this in the dark if you didn't know any better |
| 35% | ROMEO | 5 | Dolly Parton song with the line "I may not be in love, but let me tell you I'm in heat" |
| 35% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 35% | INVISIBLE | 9 | The __ Man, he can't be seen in this 2020 film |
| 35% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 35% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit with the line "I see trouble on the way," or what can be found in three long Down entries |
| 35% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 34% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 34% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 34% | FOREST | 6 | What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? |
| 34% | PENAL | 5 | "Are you familiar with the ___ codes in this state?" ("Kentucky Fried Movie") |
| 34% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 34% | PERHAPS | 7 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song with the lyrics "If you can't make your mind up / We'll never get started" |
| 34% | VIDEOS | 6 | You could watch these on a VHS in the 80s |
| 34% | APIANO | 6 | "I Love __": Irving Berlin song with the line "So you can keep your fiddle and your bow" |
| 34% | FINES | 5 | You can be slapped with these |