| 100% | AXEBADBOADRE | 12 | Demand that a rap star fire an unproductive snake from his company? (6,8) |
| 29% | TSHIRT | 6 | Clothing item that might be fired from a cannon at an arena: Hyph. |
| 26% | NEW | 3 | ___ York City, location for The Hook and Ladder Company 8 Fire Station that served as a filming location for "Ghostbusters" |
| 25% | CASH | 4 | Notes that a traveler may collect from an ATM |
| 25% | NEUTRON | 7 | A star that results from a supernova explosion |
| 24% | BOA | 3 | Snake that becomes a pig if you add an R |
| 24% | CLINIQUE | 8 | Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? |
| 24% | ASTERISK | 8 | Star-shaped symbol that shares a keyboard key with 8 |
| 24% | SPARKS | 6 | Small burning particles that jump from a fire |
| 24% | TEE | 3 | Shirt that might be fired from a cannon |
| 24% | ANIMAL | 6 | Venom is a poison from an __, like a snake |
| 24% | ALIAS | 5 | An American TV series that stars Jennifer Garner as a double agent |
| 24% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle that often drives from an airport to a hotel |
| 24% | EMO | 3 | Music subcategory that's a vowel change from 8-Down |
| 23% | SEEME | 5 | Note from a 6-Down that might give you jitters |
| 23% | BACKTOTHEDRAWINGBOARD | 21 | "___? That's when an artist is facing away from a drafting table" |
| 23% | OUTKAST | 7 | "Ms. Jackson" rap duo that chose their name from a thesaurus |
| 23% | RUBBER | 6 | The material that an eraser or a tire are made from |
| 23% | PEARL | 5 | Shade of white like that of a gem from an oyster |
| 23% | GOOD | 4 | "___ Company," sitcom starring Wendie Malick that is set at a Manhattan ad agency |
| 23% | AVIS | 4 | Car-rental company that’s an anagram of a credit-card company |
| 23% | TINSEL | 6 | Yuletide product that the company Brite Star has a near-monopoly on |
| 22% | ECONOMICS | 9 | "Home ___," sitcom starring Topher Grace that features a single dad and his daughter |
| 22% | GEICO | 5 | Insurance company that once ran an ad with a camel celebrating 51-Across |
| 22% | LUCIFER | 7 | Fantasy series starring Tom Ellis that featured an animated episode in season 6 |
| 22% | SOPRANO | 7 | Member of a TV mafia family from a series that starred James Gandolfini |
| 22% | HOMELAND | 8 | Showtime drama starring Claire Danes that's a remake of an Israeli series |
| 22% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | 1984 comedy starring Bill Murray, or a Billboard #1 song from that film |
| 22% | VENOM | 5 | Poisonous fluid from a snake that's also a role played by Tom Hardy |
| 22% | ALONE | 5 | "Home ___," 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin that features his character in a shopping sequence |