| 100% | ROTH | 4 | Eli who directed "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" |
| 78% | ROTH | 4 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" director Eli |
| 78% | ELI | 3 | Roth who directed 2018's "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" |
| 73% | BLANCHETT | 9 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actress Cate who also won an Oscar for her role in "Blue Jasmine" |
| 72% | KYLEMACLACHLAN | 14 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is popularly known for his role as Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 71% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is also a musician and is famous for his role in "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" director Roth |
| 70% | CATE | 4 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" actress Blanchett |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" director ___ Roth |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls " director Roth |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" director/actor Roth |
| 59% | ITS | 3 | "The House With a Clock in ___ Walls" (2018 movie) |
| 58% | HOUSE | 5 | "The ___ with a Clock in Its Walls" (2018 Jack Black film) |
| 55% | CLOCK | 5 | "The House With a ___ in Its Walls" (2018 movie) |
| 47% | BLARNEY | 7 | — Castle, stronghold in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, housing a stone said to endow those who kiss it with the gift of flattery |
| 46% | ELKS | 4 | Group with a clock in its emblem |
| 42% | SISTER | 6 | With 29-Across, Pam Ferris character who was a midwife and nun in Nonnatus House on "Call the Midwife" |
| 40% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye with a pupil in its middle |
| 40% | PICADOR | 7 | In bullfighting, a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance to weaken it in the early stages of a fight |
| 39% | DISH | 4 | It fled with the spoon, in a rhyme |
| 39% | BANKSY | 6 | Anonymous graffiti artist who wrote, “A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with” |
| 39% | ZIPPO | 5 | Lighter brand with a flame over the "i" in its logo |
| 38% | DISH | 4 | It ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 38% | MEANING | 7 | With 18-Across, it puts the fun in a pun |
| 37% | DUPLEX | 6 | Two houses attached by a wall in the middle |
| 37% | JEST | 4 | It's said with a poke in the ribs |
| 37% | OUT | 3 | It's said with a thumb in the air |
| 37% | ARES | 4 | Whom Athena smites with a boulder in the "Iliad" |
| 37% | NEWTGINGRICH | 12 | Former Speaker of the House who was raised in a military family: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HARRY | 5 | ___ Potter, boy wizard with a lightning scar who's famous in the magical world |