| 100% | MADRIGAL | 8 | Anna —, landlady of 28, Barbary Lane, San Francisco, in stories by Armistead Maupin |
| 30% | BAY | 3 | San Francisco ___ (body of water in Northern California) |
| 28% | BERENICE | 8 | Short horror story by Poe; lover of Titus in Bible |
| 28% | BAYLORE | 7 | Legends of San Francisco's body of water? (... to a school in Texas) |
| 28% | BILLY | 5 | & 15A Schoolboy at Greyfriars School in stories by Frank Richards nicknamed the Owl of the Remove |
| 27% | LOIS | 4 | Reporter Lane of the Daily Planet, in Superman stories |
| 27% | ROO | 3 | Son of Kanga in stories by A A Milne |
| 27% | KANGA | 5 | Mother of Roo in stories by A A Milne |
| 27% | LOIS | 4 | Reporter Lane played by Amy Adams in "Man of Steel" |
| 27% | NERO | 4 | Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind" |
| 26% | BOSA | 4 | Nick ___, San Francisco 49ers player who was awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 |
| 26% | LUIS | 4 | "The Bridge of San ___ Rey" (novel by Thornton Wilder set in Peru) |
| 26% | HAWKEYE | 7 | Alias of Natty Bumppo in stories by James Fenimore Cooper |
| 26% | NRA | 3 | Org. declared a "domestic terrorist organization" by San Francisco's board of supervisors in 2019 |
| 25% | ARCHSUPPORT | 11 | Service provided by item named in first words of 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 25% | FOGGY | 5 | Like San Francisco in the summer |
| 25% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 25% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 25% | GUBGUB | 6 | Baby pig in 1920 children's book The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting |
| 25% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 24% | ESS | 3 | Part of Lombard Street in San Francisco |
| 24% | GOLDRUSH | 8 | Miner stampede to San Francisco in 1849 |
| 24% | EEYORE | 6 | Donkey in stories by A A Milne |
| 24% | COHN | 4 | Lawyer Roy who was played by Nathan Lane in the 2018 revival of “Angels in America” |
| 24% | BAY | 3 | San Francisco ___ (body of water) |
| 24% | NINERS | 6 | San Francisco NFL team, in headlines |
| 24% | PARAHANDY | 9 | Skipper of steamboat the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro |
| 23% | KANGA | 5 | Roo’s mother in stories by A A Milne |
| 23% | DEED | 4 | Any of 28 in Monopoly |
| 23% | DEED | 4 | One of 28 in Monopoly |