| 100% | ABAA | 4 | Appropriate rhyme scheme for the last verse of They Might Be Giants' "Hate the Villanelle" |
| 50% | ABAA | 4 | Rhyme scheme in the last verse of a villanelle |
| 36% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 35% | SHOES | 5 | They may be tapped for the stage |
| 35% | FIRS | 4 | They may be decorated for the holidays |
| 35% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me" (They Might Be Giants song featured on "Malcolm in the Middle") |
| 35% | INSETS | 6 | They may be part of the bigger picture |
| 34% | TIREMARKS | 9 | They may be left by the side of the road |
| 33% | NERD | 4 | ___ rock (genre for They Might Be Giants or Frank Zappa) |
| 33% | ANANG | 5 | Title character of a 1988 They Might Be Giants song |
| 33% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 33% | ICANADD | 7 | They Might Be Giants number with the lyric “Two plus two is four” |
| 33% | ATALE | 5 | "Gigantic (___ of Two Johns)," 2002 documentary about They Might Be Giants |
| 33% | TASTEBUDS | 9 | They may be at the tip of your tongue |
| 33% | LEMONS | 6 | They may be on the verge of a breakdown |
| 33% | ASSES | 5 | They may be packed for a trip in the mountains |
| 32% | LORE | 4 | Rhyme for "door" and "more" in the first verse of "The Raven" |
| 32% | AXLES | 5 | Highway tolls may be based on the number of them |
| 32% | KNITS | 5 | The delicate cycle may be used for them |
| 32% | ABCS | 4 | Z is the last of them |
| 31% | TUDORS | 6 | Elizabeth I was the last of them |
| 31% | TSARS | 5 | Nicholas II was the last of them |
| 31% | POEM | 4 | Short literary piece where the last words of each line may rhyme |
| 31% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 31% | TSARS | 5 | Nicholas II was the last of them in Russia |
| 30% | SCROLL | 6 | Roll of parchment for writing that may be used in the "Harry Potter" universe |
| 30% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 30% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ and the Fiddle," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 30% | STAR | 4 | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little ___," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 30% | OGRES | 5 | They might be giants |