| 100% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Best-remembered phrase from 20-/41-/55-Across's 8/28/1963 speech in Washington: 4 wds. |
| 30% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Best Actor Oscar nominee for playing Benjamin Braddock in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ILOST | 5 | Phrase from one who came in second (2 wds.) |
| 29% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Enduring phrase from a 1963 King speech |
| 29% | KATHARINEROSS | 13 | Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for playing Elaine Robinson in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ION | 3 | "Charge" missing from 18-, 20-, 55- and 61-Across, and 11- and 28-Down |
| 27% | FUNNYTHING | 10 | 41-Across single from 28-Across that begins, "Do you mind if I wild out / A little?" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | GLORYDAYS | 9 | The fifth single from Springsteen's album mentioned in 17a, about a man recollecting good times: 2 wds. |
| 26% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | 2017 Broadway revival for which 41-Across won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 wds) |
| 26% | NPR | 3 | Network that's "broken" in 20-, 28-, 45- and 53-Across |
| 26% | SHARKINFESTED | 13 | Like the waters in 1 Across...and 20, 28, and 45 Across? |
| 25% | JOHNMCENROE | 11 | 4 time US Open champion in the Open Era from USA who was nicknamed "Superbrat": 2 wds. |
| 25% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays Fantine in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | JAKEPERALTA | 11 | Fictional detective played by 20-Across in 15-Across/41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | DUCKDUCKGOOSE | 13 | Children's game ... or the circled words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 25% | PEACE | 5 | Nobel ___ Prize (award received by 20-/41-/55-Across in 1964) |
| 25% | GREGORYPECK | 11 | 1963 Best Actor Oscar winner for playing Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird": 2 wds. |
| 25% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
| 25% | MOTIONSICKNESS | 14 | Single from 48-Across's album "Stranger in the Alps" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Repeated phrase in 38-Across's speech at the 17-Across |
| 24% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike's Last Dance" actor who plays mysterious billionaire Slater King in 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SOONER | 6 | It's better, in a phrase |
| 24% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | "Good Vibrations" group who had a hit in 1963 with "Surfin' U.S.A.": 3 wds. |
| 24% | NOWOR | 5 | With 44-Across, lead single from 4-Down's "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" album: 2 wds. |
| 24% | DWYANEWADE | 10 | Teammate of 41-Across for Miami's NBA championships in 2012 and 2013 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer/pianist who's the subject of 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Song from Alicia Keys' fifth studio album which was a commercial hit with over 4 million paid downloads in the U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 24% | ROSE | 4 | Betty White's character in 20 Across |
| 24% | ITSTIMETOROLL | 13 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 24% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |