| 100% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 37% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 34% | BOAT | 4 | "The Girl on the ___," a novel by P.G. Wodehouse published as a book in 1922 |
| 34% | ANA | 3 | ___ Matronic, vocalist for "Scissor Sisters", whose fans in the "Scissorhood" refer to themselves as "nuns" |
| 33% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 33% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 33% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 33% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 33% | MARBLE | 6 | & 21A Structure designed by John Nash originally erected on The Mall, London, as a gateway to Buckingham Palace |
| 33% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 33% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 32% | RODEO | 5 | Workplace for a clown who in order to get the job done, sometimes has to take the bull by the horns |
| 32% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical figure referred to as a "son of the desert" |
| 32% | ALAR | 4 | Alternate name for the chemical Daminozide, used as a pesticide on fruit until banned by the EPA in 1989 |
| 32% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DREAM | 5 | "Teenage ___," third studio album by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011 |
| 32% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 32% | MAKE | 4 | "___ The Connection: 10 Steps To A Better Body And A Better Life," book by Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene published in 1996 |
| 32% | BRIEFHISTORYOF | 14 | "A ___Time," 1988 book on cosmology by Stephen Hawking which is written in a non-technical way for the masses: 3 wds. |
| 32% | REF | 3 | Football official sometimes referred to as a "zebra," for short |
| 32% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | CITE | 4 | Refer to, as a source in an essay |
| 32% | SIR | 3 | ___ Hiss, snake who serves as a henchman for Prince John in the Disney animated film "Robin Hood" |
| 31% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 31% | GREY | 4 | "Fifty Shades of ___," book by E. L. James that holds the world record for fastest adult paperback to sell a million copies |
| 31% | PENGUINS | 8 | Animals referred to as a raft when in water |
| 31% | OURSTARS | 8 | The Fault in __, book by John Green |
| 31% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 31% | NESTOR | 6 | King of Pylos referred to as the Gerenian horseman in Homer's The Iliad |