| 100% | ABELINCOLNINILLINOIS | 20 | Film whose name consists entirely of the letters in 74-Across |
| 78% | ENTERTAINMENTCENTERS | 20 | Setups whose name consists entirely of the letters in 117-Across |
| 78% | ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | 20 | Novel whose name consists entirely of the letters in 62-Across |
| 78% | SAINTFRANCISOFASSISI | 20 | Person whose name consists entirely of the letters in 23-Across |
| 46% | ORCA | 4 | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration |
| 45% | STYX | 4 | River whose name comes entirely from the last eight letters of the alphabet |
| 45% | DECCA | 5 | Classic music label whose name consists entirely of musical notes |
| 43% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 42% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 41% | USS | 3 | Letters in the names of American ships |
| 41% | XTC | 3 | Onetime British band whose name consists of letters suggesting "bliss" |
| 40% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 40% | DIDICONN | 8 | "Grease" actress whose first name consists of the same two letters twice |
| 40% | ALAN | 4 | Name of the guy in Hangover films |
| 40% | ROGERMURTAUGH | 13 | The name of the character Danny Glover - whose birthday it is today - portrays in the "Lethal Weapon" film series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 39% | KLM | 3 | Airline whose name is consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | YEWS | 4 | Trees whose name sounds like letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | ELCORAZON | 9 | Name of the emerald in Romancing the Stone film |
| 39% | ABC | 3 | Network whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | ELLE | 4 | Magazine whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | BEE | 3 | Insect whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | TEA | 3 | Drink whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 39% | OSLO | 4 | Norway city whose name appears in the center of "Czechoslovakia" |
| 39% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 38% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 38% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |