| 100% | NINENINE | 8 | Fox's "Brooklyn ___," the show picked up by NBC after its cancellation was announced: Hyph. |
| 41% | AMERICANDAD | 11 | Fox's adult animated sitcom which was picked up by TBS after it was canceled post its eleventh season: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LATENIGHT | 9 | After-hours NBC talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon (who it's said will replace Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show"): 2 wds. |
| 33% | TITANIC | 7 | Some of its survivors were picked up by the RMS Carpathia |
| 31% | NIT | 3 | It may be picked by the picky |
| 31% | HABIT | 5 | It might be kicked after being picked up |
| 31% | LIE | 3 | It will be picked up by a polygraph |
| 31% | SCENT | 5 | It may be picked up in the woods |
| 30% | FUR | 3 | It may be picked up by a lint roller |
| 30% | SAND | 4 | It might be picked up from a trip to the beach |
| 29% | THETAB | 6 | It might be picked up by a generous friend at a restaurant |
| 29% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 29% | SCTV | 4 | Canadian comedy picked up by NBC in 1981 that recently shot back into the limelight with the launch of the latest two US astronauts |
| 29% | SNL | 3 | NBC's sketch comedy show that was hosted by the athletes mentioned in 20a, 31a, 1d, 29d, and 42d: Abbr. |
| 29% | MPH | 3 | It's picked up by radar, briefly |
| 28% | LAW | 3 | Bill, after it's signed by the president |
| 28% | NIT | 3 | It's picked by the picky |
| 28% | XXX | 3 | It's picked by the petty |
| 28% | FALLS | 5 | "Gravity ___," animated mystery show named after the fictional town it is set in |
| 28% | SCENT | 5 | It’s picked up by a hound |
| 28% | CALMCHOWDER | 11 | Soup after it's been taken off the burner? |
| 28% | NIT | 3 | It's picked by those who are picky |
| 27% | VIBES | 5 | Things picked up by the perceptive |
| 27% | TRUDEAU | 7 | Prime Minister whose birth was announced by the Prime Minister’s office |
| 27% | BOUQUET | 7 | It's tossed by the bride after the wedding ceremony |
| 27% | KLENCKEATLAS | 12 | Book made up of 41 copperplate maps held by the British Library and which was once the world's largest book of its kind: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DRESS | 5 | "Say Yes to the ___," wedding reality show where brides are helped by professionals in picking their wedding outfit |
| 26% | OOHLALA | 7 | It may be said after kissing the tips of one's fingers |
| 26% | TAN | 3 | It's often picked up at the beach |
| 26% | MONOPOLY | 8 | Its precursor was The Landlord's Game, created by the feminist Lizzie Magie |