| 100% | SIDECAR | 7 | Cognac cocktail ordered by Arthur Ruskin in "Bonfire of the Vanities" |
| 37% | FAJITAS | 7 | "Restaurant Patrons Entranced By Sizzling Order Of ___" (headline in The Onion) |
| 36% | WOLFE | 5 | "The Bonfire of the Vanities" writer |
| 36% | WOLFE | 5 | "The Bonfire of the Vanities" novelist Tom |
| 36% | TOM | 3 | "The Bonfire of the Vanities" novelist Wolfe |
| 35% | SATIRIC | 7 | Like "The Bonfire of the Vanities" |
| 34% | POLE | 4 | "The Captain of the ___-Star," short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that was published in the Temple Bar |
| 34% | CRYINGWOLFE | 11 | Clamoring for "The Bonfire of the Vanities"? |
| 34% | ART | 3 | "The method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth," per Anaïs Nin |
| 33% | IXION | 5 | Character in Greek mythology bound to a perpetually turning fiery wheel by Hermes on the orders of Zeus |
| 33% | WOLFE | 5 | "Bonfire of the Vanities" author |
| 33% | BIT | 3 | Piece of metal held in the mouth of a horse by reins in order to control the animal while riding |
| 33% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 33% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of The Bonfire of the Vanities |
| 32% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of (surrounded by) |
| 32% | VANITIES | 8 | "The Bonfire of the ___," 1987 satirical novel authored by Tom Wolfe |
| 32% | TABLE | 5 | Knights of the Round ___ (King Arthur's order) |
| 32% | IAGO | 4 | One of the villains in 'Othello' by Shakespeare |
| 32% | NYPD | 4 | Employer of the cop characters in "Law & Order" |
| 32% | THRALL | 6 | In the __ of: totally absorbed by |
| 31% | BEA | 3 | Arthur in the Television Hall of Fame |
| 31% | ETHANOL | 7 | The type of alcohol found in cocktails |
| 31% | RIDE | 4 | "___ of the Valkyries" (work by Wagner used in many film scores) |
| 31% | LONEWOLFE | 9 | Single copy of "The Bonfire of the Vanities"? |
| 31% | IRISHPOUND | 10 | One of the currencies replaced by the euro in 2002 |
| 31% | OPOSSUM | 7 | Member of the largest marsupial order in the Western Hemisphere |
| 31% | REMYMARTIN | 10 | Cognac brand made in the city of Cognac |
| 31% | ATHOS | 5 | One of the Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas |
| 31% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president played by Tom Wilkinson in "Selma" |
| 31% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |