| 100% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 67% | NEMO | 4 | Literary captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 67% | NEMO | 4 | Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 66% | NEMO | 4 | Captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 39% | OTTO | 4 | What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" |
| 39% | LAIC | 4 | A common man who is not part of the clergy |
| 39% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 38% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SWARM | 5 | What you call a group of buzzing bees |
| 36% | KEE | 3 | Robert —, author of 1947 memoir A Crowd Is Not Company; one of the original five presenters on TV-am |
| 36% | PITS | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the ___?" (Erma Bombeck book) |
| 36% | ERMA | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" writer Bombeck |
| 35% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 35% | TONYSTARK | 9 | What Iron Man is called out of the suit |
| 35% | RSVP | 4 | "May I please remind you that it does not say ___ on the Statue of Liberty" (36-Down quote) |
| 35% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 34% | LON | 3 | Chaney who was called "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 34% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 34% | KISS | 4 | I am what you do under a mistletoe |
| 34% | CASTING | 7 | I am a type of "director" who says "You're perfect for the role!" Who am I? |
| 34% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Peralta of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" who said "Amy Santiago will you marry me?" at the end of a Halloween heist |
| 34% | SANTA | 5 | "I only travel once a year. You may not see me, but you can keep what I leave behind. Who am I?" |
| 34% | TRUST | 5 | "After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just ___ who you are," iconic quote from "Shrek" |
| 34% | THEPSYCHICHATLINE | 17 | Phone service that gets a lot of "what am I wearing" calls? |
| 34% | NEED | 4 | "All the Man That I ___," number-one hit single by Whitney Houston that is a cover of Linda Clifford's version |
| 34% | ROBOT | 5 | What you try to convince a captcha you are not |
| 34% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
| 33% | FOOD | 4 | "I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of ___": Erma Bombeck |
| 33% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 33% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |