| 100% | TWOSHOES | 8 | Goody __ is very virtuous according to the tale |
| 46% | LOUISIANA | 9 | According to the song, Johnny B. Goode is from __ |
| 46% | CHOOSERS | 8 | According to the saying, what beggars can't be |
| 45% | ABC | 3 | According to The Jackson 5, this is as easy as 123 |
| 43% | CRUELLEST | 9 | According to T. S. Eliot, April is the __ month |
| 43% | GEHENNA | 7 | Place near Jerusalem where, according to the Hebrew Bible, children were sacrificed |
| 43% | IRE | 3 | According to Chaucer the root of this sin is pride |
| 42% | NOOL | 4 | According to the Sour Kangaroo, Horton was "the biggest blame fool in the jungle of ___" |
| 42% | DRPEPPER | 8 | Soda that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, is not technically a cola |
| 41% | TAVERN | 6 | Inn, according to song there is one "in the town" |
| 41% | BRIMMED | 7 | Was filled to the very edge |
| 41% | GILLIGANSISLE | 13 | According to the 1960s sitcom's theme song, "It's primitive as can be ... here on ___": 2 wds. |
| 41% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 40% | DANDYISH | 8 | Yankee Doodle was this, according to the rhyme |
| 40% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 40% | NED | 3 | Groundhog Day character who, according to a fan theory, is actually the devil |
| 39% | COW | 3 | Beast that according to the Mahabharata is to be treated with the same respect "as one's mother" |
| 39% | YEAROFTHEHORSE | 14 | What 2002 is, according to the 38-Across |
| 38% | ASTHEYSAY | 9 | According to the proverb |
| 38% | OFFICIALLY | 10 | According to the authorities |
| 38% | PURPORTEDLY | 11 | According to the grapevine |
| 38% | ONAUTO | 6 | According to the program? |
| 38% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 38% | ASS | 3 | The law is one, according to a Dickens line |
| 38% | BEGGARS | 7 | They can't be choosers, according to the saying |
| 38% | ALLYOUNEED | 10 | ... according to the Beatles |
| 37% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | American professional golfer who according to Forbes is the second highest-paid athlete of all time: Abbr. |
| 37% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Chicago Bulls legend who according to Forbes is the highest-paid athlete of all time: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BYLAW | 5 | According to the legal code: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JAPAN | 5 | Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel |