| 100% | SUN | 3 | Combine the chemical symbols for Sulfur, Uranium, and Nitrogen to make the orb that Icarus flew too close to |
| 54% | GENIUS | 6 | Combine the chemical symbols for Germanium, Nickel, Uranium, and Sulfur to make someone who is like Einstein |
| 49% | BRAIN | 5 | Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains |
| 45% | CUP | 3 | Combine the chemical symbols for Copper and Phosphorus to make a trophy shape |
| 35% | WOK | 3 | Combine the chemical symbols for Tungsten, Oxygen, and Potassium for a Chinese frypan |
| 35% | CANE | 4 | Combine the chemical symbols for Calcium and Neon for a walking stick |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Combine the chemical symbols for Oxygen and Neon for a winner's number |
| 33% | MELT | 4 | Do as the 1-Across did when Icarus flew too close to the sun |
| 33% | ICARUS | 6 | Flew too close to the sun and fell in a Greek myth |
| 33% | ICARUS | 6 | Boy with wax wings that flew too close to the sun |
| 33% | BANANA | 6 | Combine the chemical symbols for Barium and two Sodium elements for a yellow fruit with a slippery peel |
| 32% | HEARTBREAKERS | 13 | Tom Petty and the ___, "Learning to Fly" band that made music for the film "She's the One" |
| 30% | OVERREACHES | 11 | Flies too close to the sun |
| 29% | ICARUS | 6 | The man who flew too close to the sun |
| 29% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical character who flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological son who flew too close to the Sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun in Greek mythology |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure in Greek myth who flew too close to the sun |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure from Greek myths who flew too close to the sun |
| 26% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 26% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 26% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | Race that's too close to call ... and an alternate title to this puzzle? |
| 25% | HOP | 3 | Word that can follow "bunny" and "Lindy" to make dances from the mid-1900s |
| 25% | OLDS | 4 | Former car company that made the Toronado and the Cutlass, for short |