| 100% | LEPRECHAUNS | 11 | Diminutive mascots for both 15-Across and 47-Across |
| 47% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | 15-Across and 47-Across writer who won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | COMEDYCENTRAL | 13 | Network for 15-Across and 20-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ASNER | 5 | 119-Across winner for both "Roots" and "Rich Man, Poor Man" |
| 38% | NEST | 4 | Home for a 15 Across |
| 38% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Academy Award-winning role for both 20- and 26-Across |
| 38% | PRO | 3 | With 4- and 7-Across, both sides ... or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers |
| 38% | ISLE | 4 | 15 Across, for instance |
| 38% | SEAN | 4 | With 38-Across, Best Actor Oscar winner for both "Mystic River" and "Milk" |
| 38% | GREENDAY | 8 | 15-Across and 47-Across punk band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 24-Across won both a Tony and an Oscar for this |
| 37% | IPA | 3 | Abbreviation for both beer enthusiasts and linguists |
| 37% | OWLS | 4 | Mascots for Duolingo and Tripadvisor |
| 37% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," 15-Across, and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SARA | 4 | Song title for both Fleetwood Mac and Starship |
| 37% | UFC | 3 | Mixed martial arts gp. for which Georges St-Pierre and Randy Couture both had 15 title fights |
| 36% | STARTOFPLAY | 11 | Opening kickoff, say, and what both parts of 17-, 30- and 47-Across can be |
| 36% | SPINTHEDREIDEL | 14 | Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 36% | CLEAVE | 6 | Synonym for both "adhere" and "split" |
| 36% | ICANTCOOK | 9 | Explanation one might give for following the directions of 18-, 24-, 39- and 47-Across? |
| 36% | IRA | 3 | Holding for 47 Across |
| 36% | STEEL | 5 | Metaphor for 15 Across |
| 36% | EXPLODE | 7 | Appropriate playlist title for the three songs at 15-, 28-, and 33-Across |
| 36% | NBA | 3 | Org. for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 36% | HOUSTONCOMETS | 13 | WNBA team that 15- and 30-Across played for: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Theory of Everything" star who was a schoolmate of 15-Across and 47-Across at Eton College: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HEYJOE | 6 | Debut single for both Jimi Hendrix and Patti Smith |
| 36% | LEAVEHOLES | 10 | Both ___ (continues at 70 and 83 Across) |
| 36% | COED | 4 | For both male and female college students |
| 36% | METALMUSIC | 10 | Genre for Slayer and Iron Maiden ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |