| 100% | ALLIE | 5 | Brosh with the webcomic "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 76% | ALLIE | 5 | Brosh who created the webcomic "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 67% | BROSH | 5 | Allie who created the webcomic "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 56% | ALLIE | 5 | "Hyperbole and a Half" creator Brosh |
| 56% | ALLIE | 5 | "Hyperbole and a Half" blogger Brosh |
| 53% | ALLIE | 5 | "Hyperbole and a Half" and "Solutions and Other Problems" writer/illustrator Brosh |
| 50% | ALLIE | 5 | Brosh who wrote "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 49% | CHARLIESHEEN | 12 | "Two and a Half Men" actor who was a roastee on Comedy Central Roast with Seth MacFarlane as the roast master: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALLIE | 5 | Writer/cartoonist Brosh who created the Web comic “Hyperbole and a Half” |
| 48% | AXEL | 4 | Turn and a half on the ice |
| 46% | STICKY | 6 | With 58-Across, predicament, and a description of both halves of the starred answers |
| 45% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 45% | DEE | 3 | Letter with the shape of half a pizza |
| 43% | BFF | 3 | Person with the other half of a heart necklace, maybe |
| 43% | AGUILERA | 8 | Christina with the hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Beautiful" |
| 43% | MLB | 3 | Sports org. with the A's, Jays, and Rays (Abbr.) |
| 43% | WRITTENINSTONE | 14 | Firmly fixed, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 43% | WATER | 5 | With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers |
| 43% | ARCHERY | 7 | The art of shooting with a bow and arrow |
| 43% | HISTOLOGY | 9 | The study of cells and tissues with a microscope |
| 42% | ANNAT | 5 | A half year's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency |
| 42% | BFF | 3 | One with the other half of a broken heart necklace, perhaps (Abbr.) |
| 42% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" |
| 42% | MATTEA | 6 | Country singer Kathy with the #1 "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 42% | MATTEA | 6 | Kathy with the #1 country hit "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 42% | CALENDAR | 8 | Chart with the days, weeks, and months of a year |
| 42% | RNA | 3 | Molecule with the bases G, U, A, and C |
| 42% | SHEEN | 5 | Charlie ___, "Two and a Half Men" actor with a poetry collection called "A Peace of My Mind" |
| 41% | DRUMS | 5 | Instrument with the Purdie Shuffle and half-time groove |
| 41% | FACHAN | 6 | Scottish and Irish giant with only half a body |