| 100% | DIDO | 4 | Character with the aria "When I am laid in earth" |
| 42% | AMY | 3 | I shared my name with the character I played in "Her" and I've been nominated for the Oscars six times |
| 41% | DIANE | 5 | 1928 hit with the lyric "I'm in heaven when I see you smile" |
| 41% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 41% | AGATHA | 6 | With 46-Across, Pam Ferris character who was the tough headmistress in "Matilda" |
| 40% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 40% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes" |
| 40% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” |
| 39% | SEURAT | 6 | Artist who is the main character in "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 39% | PERIGEE | 7 | Point in its orbit around the Earth when the moon is nearest the Earth |
| 39% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 39% | SCARLET | 7 | Character with the red piece in Clue, Miss __ |
| 39% | LEIA | 4 | Character with the final line in “Rogue One” |
| 38% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 38% | DOROTHY | 7 | Character who sings with the Scarecrow in "If I Only Had a Brain" |
| 38% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the phrase "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep" |
| 38% | SIXWEEKS | 8 | With 33-Across, what is forecast if the title character in 14-Across sees his shadow: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 38% | MAEWEST | 7 | “When I was born with this face, it was the same as strikin’ oil” speaker |
| 38% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics, "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 38% | ROMEO | 5 | Dolly Parton song with the line "I may not be in love, but let me tell you I'm in heat" |
| 38% | GRAY | 4 | *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |
| 38% | SISTER | 6 | With 29-Across, Pam Ferris character who was a midwife and nun in Nonnatus House on "Call the Midwife" |
| 37% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit with the lyric "So I remember when we were driving" |
| 37% | BALL | 4 | "Wrecking ___" (Miley Cyrus hit with the lyrics "I never hit so hard in love / All I wanted was to break your walls") |
| 37% | ELSA | 4 | Opera heroine with the aria "Einsam in trüben Tagen" |
| 37% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 37% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character with the catchphrase "Thanks for noticing me" |
| 37% | GEORGESCHULTZ | 13 | Secretary of State who was in office when the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with Mikhail Gorbachev |