| 100% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 84% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 70% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 69% | WILEECOYOTE | 11 | Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle |
| 68% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 66% | SLEEPLESSINSEATTLE | 18 | 1993 film featuring the subject of this puzzle |
| 66% | ANAFFAIRTOREMEMBER | 18 | 1957 film featuring the subject of this puzzle |
| 64% | NSA | 3 | Org. that's the subject of "The Puzzle Palace" |
| 63% | PARISFRANCE | 11 | World capital that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 63% | H&RBLOCK | 8 | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 62% | NSA | 3 | Org. that's the subject of the book "The Puzzle Palace" |
| 61% | WORLDSTALLESTSKYSCRAPER | 23 | The subject of this puzzle, on 5/1/31, the day it opened |
| 61% | RAILSPLITTER | 12 | Campaign nickname that reflected the rustic upbringing of this puzzle's subject |
| 60% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 59% | ITSJUST | 7 | With 96- and 105-Across, how 122-Across explained the subject of this puzzle |
| 59% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | 1970s-'80s craze that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 55% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 55% | THREE | 5 | First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid |
| 54% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 54% | NCAA | 4 | Group that's the subject of "bracketology": Abbr. |
| 54% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | KCALB | 5 | The middle of this puzzle's grid, symbolically |
| 53% | WINELOVER | 9 | Connoisseur of this puzzle's subject |
| 53% | DAREDEVIL | 9 | Description of this puzzle's subject |
| 53% | EDSULLIVAN | 10 | Subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | MARCHES | 7 | Subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | EGOTIST | 7 | Subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | BOASTER | 7 | Subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | JOHNPHILIPSOUSA | 15 | Subject of this puzzle |