| 100% | AARP | 4 | Advocate for the 50-and-over crowd |
| 61% | AGED | 4 | ___ 50 and over (eligible for AARP) |
| 61% | AARP | 4 | Organization for the 50+ crowd |
| 58% | AARP | 4 | Org. for people 50 and over |
| 53% | ARTSY | 5 | For the wine-and-cheese crowd |
| 53% | ARTY | 4 | For the wine-and-cheese crowd |
| 52% | ARTY | 4 | For the wine-and-cheese crowd, stereotypically |
| 51% | GOTTACATCHEMALL | 15 | Slogan for the Pokémon franchise ... also appropriate for 16-, 21-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 50% | AARP | 4 | Advocate for the elderly |
| 49% | LORAX | 5 | Advocate for the Truffula Trees |
| 49% | PLEADTHEWAY | 11 | Advocate for the "Tao Te Ching"? |
| 48% | AARP | 4 | Big mailer to the over-50 crowd |
| 48% | TERRORS | 7 | Accurate description of the crowd my kids have over for their birthday parties, apparently |
| 48% | LIDO | 4 | Vegas show that ran for over 30 years at the Stardust Resort and Casino |
| 48% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 46% | AARP | 4 | Group for the 50-plus set: Abbr. |
| 46% | HERMIONE | 8 | Advocate for the better treatment of elves, in Harry Potter |
| 46% | AARPTROOPER | 11 | One issuing tickets to the over-50 crowd? |
| 46% | STANDAPART | 10 | Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across? |
| 45% | NRA | 3 | Org. that advocates for the right to bear arms |
| 45% | MALALA | 6 | Young Pakistani activist, ___ Yousafzai, who is known for advocating female education and is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate |
| 44% | ALE | 3 | Something for the inn crowd |
| 44% | MAID | 4 | Servant for the inn crowd |
| 44% | COOLBEANS | 9 | Coffee for the fashionable crowd? |
| 44% | FEMINIST | 8 | Advocate for women's rights and associated movement |
| 44% | NORAH | 5 | ___ Vincent, late columnist for the Advocate |
| 43% | LEE | 3 | Activist Opal who advocated for the national recognition of 23-Across |
| 43% | GROWTHAREA | 10 | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 43% | OOH | 3 | The ___s and aahs of enthusiastic crowd |