| 100% | LOMAN | 5 | Arthur Miller protagonist whose name is aptly found in "megalomania" |
| 47% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 47% | ANT | 3 | Creature whose name is fittingly found in pantry |
| 46% | ARGON | 5 | Element whose name is found in FARGO, ND |
| 45% | ENO | 3 | Ambient musician whose name is found in "white noise" |
| 45% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter whose name is found in "theta" and "beta" |
| 43% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer-winning author whose name is found in nonconsecutive letters of "page turner" |
| 43% | ELI | 3 | Biblical priest whose name can be found in "belief" |
| 43% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 43% | ATF | 3 | Org. whose letters are aptly found twice each in "anti-trafficking" |
| 42% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ of ambient music whose name can be found in "tenor" |
| 42% | SEAL | 4 | Sea-lion relative whose name can be found in “sea lion” |
| 40% | OREL | 4 | Hershiser who pitched a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings (and whose first name is aptly found in "scoreless") |
| 39% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco whose first name can be found backward in her song title "Binary" |
| 39% | PASTRIES | 8 | Desserts whose letters can aptly be found in "patisserie" |
| 39% | SODIUM | 6 | Soft, shiny-white metal found in salt, whose chemical symbol 'Na' is derived from its Latin name 'Natrium' |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | President born on August 4, whose name can be found backward in 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 38% | STAR | 4 | One whose name is in lights |
| 38% | EROS | 4 | Love god whose name is aptly an anagram of 5-Across |
| 38% | OUST | 4 | Overthrow, as a ruler, that can be aptly found in "joust" |
| 38% | AFLAC | 5 | Company whose name is quacked in ads |
| 38% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is hidden in "tape" |
| 38% | OREO | 4 | Cookie whose name is hidden in "choreography" |
| 38% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain whose name was restored in 2015 |
| 37% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name is pronounced in three syllables |
| 37% | SOBE | 4 | Drink brand whose name is written in CamelCase |
| 37% | ELS | 3 | Ernie ___, golfer whose name is hidden in "Helsinki" |
| 37% | IAMB | 4 | Poetry unit aptly found in William Blake's name |
| 37% | TOM | 3 | Boy whose name is repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 37% | SUEDE | 5 | Material whose name is a Scandinavian country in French |