| 100% | FRANKCAPRA | 10 | Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle |
| 35% | POPES | 5 | 10 featured last names in this puzzle are also the names of these |
| 34% | DOLLAR | 6 | Source of all the tender words in this puzzle? |
| 34% | TOOLBOX | 7 | Locale of all the circled items in this puzzle |
| 34% | SANTA | 5 | It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities |
| 34% | TWENTYNINTHOFFEBRUARY | 21 | When the people featured in this puzzle were born |
| 33% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 33% | DIN | 3 | All the sounds in this puzzle together? |
| 33% | ROPE | 4 | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |
| 32% | GABLE | 5 | Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle |
| 32% | START | 5 | All the clues in this puzzle do this with 36-Across |
| 32% | TREE | 4 | Thing hidden in each of the movie names in this puzzle |
| 32% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | One of the five related names in this puzzle |
| 32% | LIBERACE | 8 | Entertainer born in May 1919, the basis for five anagrams in this puzzle |
| 32% | SUPERGROUP | 10 | What the musical artists in this puzzle would form if they all performed together? |
| 31% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Source of all the quotes in this puzzle |
| 30% | KNIGHTHOOD | 10 | What the eight male musicians in this puzzle all achieved |
| 30% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Manhattan neighborhood where the meal in this puzzle might be served? |
| 29% | TINSEL | 6 | What might be hung from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 29% | GARLAND | 7 | What might be draped from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 29% | PRESENT | 7 | What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 29% | LIGHTS | 6 | What might be strung from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 29% | WIRETAP | 7 | What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do |
| 29% | RITAMORENO | 10 | Onetime winner of all the awards in this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 28% | XXXX | 4 | Part of the crossword where all these animals live; some might also live in another kind of place |
| 28% | ELIA | 4 | He directed Marlon in "On the Waterfront" |
| 28% | SHOWDOGS | 8 | May 18, 2018 film featuring Ludacris as the voice of a Rottweiler named Max and Jordin Sparks as a border collie named Daisy (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |