| 100% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 37% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 37% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 36% | FISH | 4 | Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across |
| 36% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Author of the 2019 novel "Lady in the Lake," which was adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries starring 19-Across and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GABLE | 5 | Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle |
| 34% | PURPLE | 6 | "Harold and the ___ Crayon," film adaptation of a children's book, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 34% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 34% | TEQUILA | 7 | "___ Sunrise," 1998 film starring Mel Gibson and Michelle Pfeiffer...and whose first word is the primary liquor in 14a |
| 33% | INTERIORDESIGNER | 16 | Elle Decor reader ... or any of the names hidden in 18-, 28-, 52- and 66-Across? |
| 33% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 33% | ASTRA | 5 | "Ad ___" (Brad Pitt film whose title means "To the Stars" in Latin) |
| 33% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | ASTRA | 5 | "Ad ___" (2019 Brad Pitt film whose title means "To the Stars" in Latin) |
| 33% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 32% | CARYELWES | 9 | Star of 33-Across whose memoir about it, "As You Wish," will be published in the fall of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LINCOLNCENTER | 13 | Home of the Metropolitan Opera ... and a hint to the "honest" guy hiding in 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| 32% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Singer/actor who starred in 16-Across and the 1954 film 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 32% | WHATITSALLABOUT | 15 | The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 32% | DANIELRADCLIFFE | 15 | Star of the film version of the book referenced in 15-Across/25-Down |
| 32% | WASH | 4 | "Car ___," 1976 film whose title track was one of the biggest hit singles of the disco era |
| 32% | JOHN | 4 | I wrote "The Fault in Our Stars" and two of my books have been adapted into films |
| 31% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 31% | JEDI | 4 | Word after "Return of the" and "The Last" in titles of Star Wars movies |
| 31% | HITCH | 5 | 2005 film comedy starring Will Smith in the title role |
| 31% | MACGRUBER | 9 | 2010 film comedy starring Will Forte in the title role |
| 31% | ENOLAHOLMES | 11 | Mystery film starring Millie Bobby Brown as the title teenager and 41-Across as her brother Sherlock (2 wds.) |