| 100% | NPR | 3 | Airer of Code Switch and Louder Than a Riot |
| 34% | ONES | 4 | A combination of ___ and zeroes makes up a binary code |
| 31% | MURMUR | 6 | Slightly louder than a whisper |
| 31% | FLIPFLOPPING | 12 | Switching positions, and a phrase spelled by the first letters of 12 words that have switched positions |
| 30% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 30% | CBS | 3 | Airer of Survivor and MacGyver |
| 30% | RATIO | 5 | A riot out of proportion |
| 29% | GST | 3 | Abbr. for the former secret code word of a CIA compartment regarding interrogation and counter-terrorism programs |
| 29% | ESPN | 4 | Airer of NFL and NBA games |
| 29% | THECW | 5 | Airer of "Arrow" and "iZombie" |
| 29% | NPR | 3 | Producer of the "Code Switch" and "Planet Money" podcasts |
| 28% | NBC | 3 | Airer of "Dr. Kildare" and "Mr. Novak" |
| 28% | ABC | 3 | Airer of "The Bachelor" and "The Catch" |
| 28% | BBCAMERICA | 10 | Airer of "Orphan Black" and "Almost Royal" |
| 28% | CBS | 3 | Airer of "48 Hours" and "60 Minutes" |
| 28% | CSPAN | 5 | Airer of “Washington Journal” and “Book TV” |
| 28% | MORE | 4 | ___ fun than a barrel of monkeys |
| 28% | ESSES | 5 | More than a third of "Mississippi" |
| 28% | UPROAR | 6 | More than a murmur of discontent |
| 28% | FUN | 3 | "More ___ than a barrel of monkeys!" |
| 28% | FEW | 3 | Not more than a handful of |
| 28% | PANIC | 5 | Riot of a kind |
| 28% | ABC | 3 | Airer of talk shows "The View" and "The Chew" |
| 28% | HBO | 3 | Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us" |
| 28% | ESPN | 4 | Airer of "First Take" and "The Last Dance" |
| 28% | GSN | 3 | Former airer of ''20Q'' and ''Bingo America'' |
| 28% | HBO | 3 | Airer of True Detective and True Blood |
| 28% | MORSE | 5 | Type of code using dots and dashes |
| 28% | MORSE | 5 | Type of code with dots and dashes |
| 28% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |