| 100% | YUMA | 4 | City in a 2007 Russell Crowe/Christian Bale western (and in 51-Across) |
| 40% | YUMA | 4 | Russell Crowe and Christian Bale starrer "3:10 to ___" |
| 36% | ARK | 3 | Ship in a 2014 Russell Crowe film |
| 36% | ARK | 3 | Ship in a 2014 Russell Crowe epic |
| 36% | ARK | 3 | Big boat in a 2014 Russell Crowe film |
| 35% | MESA | 4 | Flat-topped landform (or a city in 51-Across) |
| 35% | FLAGSTAFF | 9 | Pole outside government buildings (or a city in 51-Across) |
| 34% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 34% | LAWRENCE | 8 | "Joy" actress who Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale pranked when they put a gravestone with her name in a graveyard |
| 34% | TOMBSTONE | 9 | Roadhouse Double Down frozen pizza brand (or a city in 51-Across) |
| 34% | MISERABLES | 10 | "Les ___," a 2012 epic musical drama film in which Sacha Baron Cohen (birthday today) starred alongside Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe |
| 33% | AUPAIRS | 7 | Live-in workers ... or a hint to 14, 18, 32, and 51 Across |
| 33% | MOSES | 5 | Christian Bale's role in 2014's "Exodus: Gods and Kings" |
| 33% | BAHAWALPUR | 10 | City in Punjab, Pakistan, housing a museum and zoo |
| 33% | AMERICAN | 8 | With 34-Across, 2007 Ridley Scott film starring Russell Crowe as a New Jersey detective |
| 32% | RENO | 4 | City in Nevada, US noted as a gambling and divorce centre |
| 32% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in western Turkey |
| 32% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Typical annual meeting attendee ... or what 18-, 24- and 51-Across each can be, in a way |
| 32% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 32% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | Earlier ... or a hint to the words circled in 17-, 21-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 32% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Classic hairstyle ... or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 31% | LIMERICK | 8 | A type of verse; also a county and city in Ireland |
| 31% | RENO | 4 | City in Nevada, US, noted as a gambling and divorce centre |
| 31% | SKIPPINGTOWN | 12 | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 31% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 31% | GAPYEARS | 8 | Some breaks in education, and a hint to portions of 1-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 31% | PALENCIA | 8 | City in Castile and Leon, NW Spain, which houses a Gothic cathedral |
| 31% | NOAH | 4 | Title role for Russell Crowe in a 2014 biblical epic |
| 31% | LINEDANCE | 9 | Choreographed moves in a country and western club: 2 wds. |