| 100% | ARES | 4 | God who sounds like he was mentioned in the preceding clue |
| 37% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 37% | LOKI | 4 | Norse god who was the villain in "The Avengers" |
| 36% | NORSE | 5 | Like the god Tyr, for whom Tuesday is named |
| 35% | EROS | 4 | God whose name sounds almost like the ammunition he uses |
| 35% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who was mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Hey Ya!" |
| 35% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 35% | OSIRIS | 6 | God who was said to be in love with his sister while still in the womb(!) |
| 35% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who is mentioned in the lyrics of the OutKast song "Hey Ya!" |
| 34% | ARES | 4 | Marvel Comics character who is the god of war in Greek mythology |
| 33% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like "a duck if the duck were a songbird," according to Angels in America |
| 33% | HADES | 5 | Main antagonist in "Hercules" who is the fast-talking God of the Underworld |
| 33% | GOATHERD | 8 | Caprine-minder who is lonely in The Sound of Music |
| 32% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | He was bested in the "Fight of the Century" |
| 32% | FARMER | 6 | He was in the dell |
| 32% | TITANS | 6 | Gods who preceded the Olympians |
| 32% | EROS | 4 | Greek god whose name sounds like the things he shoots |
| 32% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | He was in the rag trade |
| 31% | POE | 3 | Author mentioned in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" |
| 31% | OREOSHAKE | 9 | Drink mentioned in the Walker Hayes song "Fancy Like" |
| 31% | BOCELLI | 7 | Of whom Celine Dion said "If God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like …" |
| 31% | ARI | 3 | He was the "O" in Jackie O |
| 31% | ARES | 4 | God who helps the Trojans in the "Iliad" |
| 31% | AIELLO | 6 | He was Sal in "Do the Right Thing" |
| 31% | KROC | 4 | He was played by Keaton in The Founder |
| 30% | SALT | 4 | "People like him are the ___ of the earth." (good and honest) |
| 30% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Rodgers, composer with works like "Oklahoma!' and "The Sound of Music" who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| 30% | IDRISELBA | 9 | He was in Thor, Pacific Rim and The Wire |
| 30% | AARON | 5 | In the Old Testament, he was Moses's brother |