| 100% | JONG | 4 | Author whose best-known work begins "There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I'd been treated by at least six of them" |
| 27% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 27% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 26% | LAURAKEENE | 10 | Actress and manager whose company's performance of play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC was attended by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination |
| 25% | DIANA | 5 | I was the Princess of Wales and I was known for my charity work |
| 24% | SLOANE | 6 | ___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" |
| 24% | ELVIS | 5 | I am also known as the "King of Rock and Roll" and I received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at 36 |
| 24% | SIMON | 5 | ___ & Garfunkel, duo whose performance of "My Little Town" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 24% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 24% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News From Ghent To Aix and Love Among the Ruins |
| 24% | WHIPPINGPOST | 12 | 1969 song written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "I've been run down and I've been lied to" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel whose first chapter is preceded by eighty epigraphs, none of which ought to be taken as “veritable gospel cetology,” per the author |
| 24% | EDGARALLAN | 10 | American author ___ Poe, best known for his mystery poetry and short stories, most of whose works got published after his death: 2 wds. |
| 24% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 24% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix and The Ring and the Book |
| 23% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 23% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 23% | EYES | 4 | There are two of them on the face |
| 23% | GOLDSMITH | 9 | Oliver —, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man |
| 23% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer whose performance of "What's Love Got to Do With It" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 23% | WEEZER | 6 | 14-Across, 19-Across, and 33-Across rock band whose self-titled albums are known by the colors of the album covers |
| 23% | SOT | 3 | Org. whose mission is to advance the science and study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms |
| 23% | NAVY | 4 | Old ___, American clothing company owned by the clothing giant at 34a, and whose name is reminiscent of a military force |
| 23% | STARS | 5 | There are five of them on the Chinese flag |
| 23% | NFT | 3 | Collectible targeted at people "who have met all their material needs and still can't fill that empty hole inside of them," according to an explainer by The Onion |
| 23% | ADDRESS | 7 | (2/6) Put down this important detail at the beginning of your letter to let your friend know where you are |
| 22% | AMANITA | 7 | Psychedelic mushroom whose color and role in Nordic shamanic rituals is believed by some to be the source of Santa Claus’s red-and-white suit |
| 22% | CHANGINGTABLES | 14 | Furniture for new parents ... and a literal description of the circled squares (look on top of them to find this puzzle's six-letter meta answer) |
| 22% | CONTACT | 7 | With 18 Across, method of tracking a contagion by using known human interactions, which doesn't work if there is too much community spread caused by big maskless rallies, I'm just saying |
| 22% | CHRISTIE | 8 | English author Agatha who created Hercule Poirot, and is the best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness World Records |