| 100% | FWORD | 5 | Euphemism for an expletive, with "the" |
| 57% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical with the song "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" |
| 56% | DEUCE | 5 | Euphemism for Satan, with "the" |
| 54% | KENNY | 5 | With 36-Across, Rockets great who's an analyst for "Inside the NBA" |
| 54% | KRAZYKAT | 8 | Feline with an unrequited love for the brick-throwing Ignatz Mouse |
| 52% | WHO | 3 | The ___, an English band with hit songs like "My Generation" and "I Can See For Miles" |
| 51% | LETSDANCE | 9 | Classic David Bowie song with the lyric "Put on your red shoes," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 51% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | MARINEONE | 9 | Presidential carrier that flew with an all-women crew for the first time in 2009 |
| 50% | SATANS | 6 | “___ Bed” (Pearl Jam song with the lyric “I’ll wait for an angel, but I won’t hold my breath”) |
| 49% | ENYA | 4 | Singer with an Oscar nomination for "May It Be" (from the first "Lord of the Rings" film) |
| 49% | EQUIPPED | 8 | With the tools for the job |
| 49% | BLINDSIDE | 9 | With "The," 2009 film for which 34-Across won an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 44-Across, actress who won an Emmy Award for playing Tanya McQuoid on the first season of "The White Lotus" |
| 47% | BELLYDANCER | 11 | Artiste with the stomach for it |
| 47% | ETC | 3 | Along with the others, for short |
| 47% | ENG | 3 | Country with the Stonehenge, for short |
| 47% | DOC | 3 | One with the stethoscope, for short |
| 47% | DET | 3 | One with the force, for short |
| 47% | APPT | 4 | Meeting with the vet, for short |
| 47% | AUS | 3 | Country with the Outback, for short |
| 47% | EYETO | 5 | With an ___ the future |
| 47% | BUNDY | 5 | Al ___, "Married... with Children" dad who reluctantly steps in as Santa for the neighborhood kids after an unexpected holiday mishap |
| 46% | THOTH | 5 | God with the head of an ibis |
| 46% | IRE | 3 | Island with the Carrauntoohil mountain, for short |
| 46% | ECON | 4 | Subject dealing with the markets, for short |
| 46% | ANAT | 4 | Subject dealing with the body, for short |
| 46% | BSA | 3 | Gp. with the motto "Prepared. For Life." |
| 46% | AARP | 4 | Org. with the Movies For Grownups Awards |
| 46% | CSI | 3 | Franchise with the "Miniature Killer," for short |