| 100% | ALDA | 4 | Famous Alan whose last name shares three of the four letters of ALAN |
| 50% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose four-letter first name shares three letters with his last |
| 48% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 47% | VERMONT | 7 | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| 46% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 45% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | Network whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 42% | KLM | 3 | Netherlands airline whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 42% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 42% | HIJAB | 5 | Head covering whose name starts with three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 42% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 41% | RUBYDEE | 7 | "Do the Right Thing" actress whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River whose name comes entirely from the last eight letters of the alphabet |
| 41% | SAMANTHABEE | 11 | Host of TBS's "Full Frontal" whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 41% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 40% | STU | 3 | Name made up of three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | FINALSWEEK | 10 | Period for taking exams ... or a hint to the pattern shown in the last three or four letters of the asterisked answers |
| 38% | XYZ | 3 | Last three letters of the alphabet |
| 38% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital whose last two letters are the first two letters of its state |
| 38% | OPEN | 4 | Word in the names of three of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments |
| 37% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI |
| 37% | JOSIAHBARTLETT | 14 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for a character on "The West Wing" (minus the last letter) (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LAOS | 4 | One of the three landlocked countries with four-letter names, aside from Chad and Mali |
| 37% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 37% | BADGUY | 6 | Hit song by the 1-Across winner whose name is spelled out by the final three letters of 21-, 25-, 47- and 52-Across |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose name combines the first letters of its members' names |
| 37% | AMIS | 4 | Novelist whose last name contains two conjugations of the same verb |
| 37% | ENTERTAINMENTCENTERS | 20 | Setups whose name consists entirely of the letters in 117-Across |
| 37% | ABELINCOLNINILLINOIS | 20 | Film whose name consists entirely of the letters in 74-Across |