| 100% | IMHERE | 6 | Flustered shout by a late arriver |
| 44% | MORE | 4 | Word shouted by a hungry toddler |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Word of agreement shouted by a congregation |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Word followed by a last name that’s no longer used |
| 39% | HERESLOOKINGATYOUQUID | 21 | Comment by a Brit down to his last coin? |
| 39% | MARCO | 5 | Shout followed by "Polo," in a pool |
| 38% | YES | 3 | Shout accompanied by a fist pump |
| 37% | READER | 6 | The __, book by Bernhard Schlink. Later a movie. |
| 36% | YER | 3 | "___ out!" (shout by a 24-Down) |
| 36% | KILDARE | 7 | Last name of a 1960s TV doctor played by Richard Chamberlain |
| 36% | BOTTOMROW | 9 | Last line of a spreadsheet (as suggested by the shaded squares?) |
| 36% | QED | 3 | Last thing seen by a proof reader? |
| 35% | IAMMALALA | 9 | 2013 memoir written by a teenage girl whose last name is Yousafzai: 3 wds. |
| 34% | IMADE | 5 | "___ A Place", album released last November by indie folk musician Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Last number shouted in a New Year's Eve countdown |
| 33% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 33% | BOOS | 4 | They're shouted loud by a crowd |
| 32% | LETITBE | 7 | Last studio album from the Beatles that features a track by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 32% | STARDUST | 8 | 1999 fantasy novel written by 18-Across, later made into a Claire Danes movie |
| 32% | WATCHMEN | 8 | 1986-1987 graphic novel by Alan Moore, later made into a Zack Snyder movie |
| 32% | BARELY | 6 | By a hair |
| 32% | BARELY | 6 | By a whisker |
| 32% | STOP | 4 | Shout likely to be ignored by a thief |
| 32% | IMADEIT | 7 | Late arriver's cry |
| 32% | ONTHE | 5 | "Love ___ Brain," a hit song by Rihanna from her latest studio album, Anti: 2 wds |
| 32% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 32% | CORALINE | 8 | 2002 fantasy-horror novella written by 18-Across, later made into a stop-motion movie |
| 31% | SLIMLY | 6 | By a narrow margin |
| 31% | INONESENSE | 10 | By a certain measure |
| 31% | SOLIDLY | 7 | By a wide margin |