| 100% | BAATENDER | 9 | Expert mixologist who, when they get an order for a gimlet with a topping of grass, doesn't miss a bleat? |
| 28% | STANDINGO | 9 | What it's called when you get a rise out of an audience, for short? |
| 27% | SAM | 3 | ___ Smith, "Stay With Me" singer who was 22 when they won the 2015 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 26% | TSA | 3 | They deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 26% | BUFFETT | 7 | Warren ___, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway who for many years used a flip phone that doesn't connect to the internet |
| 25% | OWL | 3 | Deficit ___ (term for an economist who doesn’t think deficits are a problem) |
| 25% | ALPACINO | 8 | He got an Oscar for "Scent of a Woman": 2 wds. |
| 25% | LOGO | 4 | An apple with a bite out of it, for one |
| 25% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | BADSPORT | 8 | Someone who gets angry when they lose a game |
| 24% | MASTEROFLAWS | 12 | Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections? |
| 24% | CROC | 4 | One with a tendency to get snappy when hungry, for short? |
| 24% | CARS | 4 | Group for whom "Drive" was a Top 10 hit, with "The" |
| 24% | BILLYCRYSTAL | 12 | "When Harry Met Sally" actor who got to the top of "The $20,000 Pyramid" in a record 26 seconds (2 wds.) |
| 24% | LOKI | 4 | God who got pushed out of an airship in a 2013 movie |
| 23% | LUPITA | 6 | With 18-Across, Kenyan-Mexican actress who won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave" |
| 23% | BETTY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Golden Girls" star who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" |
| 23% | LENDL | 5 | Ivan who was a top-ranked tennis player for much of the 1980s |
| 23% | GATEMAN | 7 | Someone who might ask for identification (or, when reversed, a form of identification) |
| 23% | AAA | 3 | They can help you get out of a rut, for short |
| 23% | AREA | 4 | Pi, for a circle with a radius of one |
| 23% | AREA | 4 | Pi, for a circle with a radius of 1 |
| 23% | THUMB | 5 | & 26A African musical instrument also called an mbira with a row of tuned strips that vibrate when plucked |
| 23% | LORETTADEVINE | 13 | Star of 15-Across who won an Emmy for a guest performance in "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| 23% | SNAKE | 5 | "___ in the grass," phrase for an unfaithful friend with a hissing reptile in it |
| 23% | DEC | 3 | Roman month when they made a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, for short |
| 23% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Food product once marketed as an option for people with a “fear of frying” |
| 23% | GRIMM | 5 | Jacob —, German philologist who, with brother Wilhelm, is noted for a collection of fairytales |
| 23% | ESC | 3 | With 67-Down, tool for getting out of a window, in brief |
| 23% | CONTAINSSMALLPARTS | 18 | Audition caution for a movie with a cast of thousands? |