| 100% | DAVIDPETRAEUS | 13 | An affair with 1-/19-Across led to this general's resignation as CIA director: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DAISYBUCHANAN | 13 | She has an affair with Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 27% | SENECA | 6 | With 1-Across, event essential to the achievement described when you combine this week's previous 1-Across answers |
| 26% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | 1954 film remake with Judy Garland as an aspiring actress married to a struggling alcoholic: 4 wds. |
| 25% | STEALTH | 7 | With 88 Across, what this diagram is an aerial view of (eight, to be exact) |
| 25% | LUREDIN | 7 | Led to a trap: 2 wds. |
| 25% | INDETAIL | 8 | Exhaustively, as with an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 24% | SOFAR | 5 | Up to this point: 2 wds. |
| 24% | UNTILNOW | 8 | Up to this point: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ASOF | 4 | ___ now (up to this point): 2 wds. |
| 24% | WEBPAGE | 7 | What a URL leads to: 2 wds. |
| 24% | NEWENGLAND | 10 | With 28-Across, NFL team Tom Brady led to six Super Bowl titles: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THEWEARING | 10 | With 112 Across, Irish street ballad that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 24% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 24% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | 1979 Bee Gees #1 song with the lyrics "It's as high as a mountain / And harder to climb" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | WHOWANTSTOBEA | 13 | With 19-Across, quiz show hosted by Regis Philbin from 1999 to 2002 (5 wds.) |
| 24% | JANET | 5 | With 28-Down, first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 23% | LEAPAT | 6 | Accept with enthusiasm, as an opportunity (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ANOFFICERAND | 12 | With 41-Across, a film starring Richard Gere as an aspiring pilot, Zack Mayo: 3 wds. |
| 23% | INRE | 4 | As to: 2 wds. |
| 23% | DUTCH | 5 | With 1-Across, it's not an "It's on me" occasion |
| 23% | ALOT | 4 | (1/8) Singalong to this Mariah Carey classic! "I don't want ___ for Christmas...": 2 wds. |
| 23% | DRAWSIN | 7 | Entices to pay attention, as an audience: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LETTHEM | 7 | With 19 Across, phrase wrongly attributed to Marie Antoinette |
| 23% | WEBOUGHTAZOO | 12 | 2011 Matt Damon family film with Elle Fanning as an animal expert's cousin: 4 wds. |
| 23% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | 2018 Marvel movie with Martin Freeman as a CIA agent taken to Wakanda: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ASYET | 5 | To this moment (2 wds.) |
| 22% | POLICEACADEMY | 13 | 1984 comedy starring Steve Guttenberg and Kim Cattrall that led to six sequels, a sitcom, and an animated series (2 wds.) |
| 22% | LETS | 4 | With 106-Across, "It's time to do this thing" |