| 100% | AVENGERS | 8 | Assembly of heroes often joined by Thor (with "the") |
| 42% | ACHILLES | 8 | Greek hero killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow |
| 40% | RAMA | 4 | Hero aided by the king of the monkeys |
| 40% | BROW | 4 | By the sweat of your __; with hard work |
| 40% | MERGE | 5 | Join the flow of traffic (rhymes with "verge") |
| 40% | IDA | 3 | State with the highest % of land held by the Forest Service |
| 39% | JACKKIRBY | 9 | With Stan Lee, co-creator of the Hulk and Thor |
| 39% | EXTORTION | 9 | The act of getting things by force or with threats |
| 38% | ENDUPINLAST | 11 | With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the field |
| 38% | ARMS | 4 | The Hindu god Ganesha is often depicted with four of them |
| 38% | ARMS | 4 | The goddess Kali is often depicted with four of these limbs |
| 38% | SINGLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 2010 Grammy Song of the Year by Beyoncé |
| 38% | FRODO | 5 | "The Lord of the Rings" hero played by Elijah Wood |
| 38% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone with a cold, often |
| 38% | SIDEKICKS | 9 | Buddies of the hero who are often aliens or robots |
| 38% | INDEX | 5 | List often scanned with a finger of the same name |
| 37% | ODIN | 4 | Father of Thor, played by Anthony Hopkins in the Marvel movies |
| 37% | AMELIA | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyrics "A ghost of aviation / She was swallowed by the sky" |
| 37% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 37% | SOUND | 5 | With 5- and 1-Down, 2015 Album of the Year nominee by Alabama Shakes |
| 37% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 52-Down, betrayal, and what's formed by each pair of the trigrams |
| 37% | ARGONAUT | 8 | Any of the heroes who sailed with Jason, in ancient Greek legend |
| 37% | FACE | 4 | Part of the body that's altered by a Snapchat filter, often |
| 37% | PRICKLYPEAR | 11 | Cactus of the genus Opuntia with jointed stems and often edible fruit |
| 37% | SPIRIT | 6 | "___: Stallion of the Cimarron," 2002 animated film, with music by Hans Zimmer |
| 37% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 37% | ROCKY | 5 | Fictional sports icon with a statue by the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 36% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 36% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 35-Across, first pick of the 2013 NBA draft, taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 36% | MARGARETBUNDY | 13 | The wife of Al Bundy on "Married... with Children," portrayed by Katey Sagal: 2 wds. |