| 100% | HOLDS | 5 | Half nelson and cobra clutch, in wrestling |
| 33% | REPLICANT | 9 | Half-human and half-robot, such as in Blade Runner |
| 33% | POLKA | 5 | Czech accordion music and dance in half tempo |
| 33% | ALAN | 4 | Charlie's brother in "Two and a Half Men" |
| 33% | AXEL | 4 | Turn and a half in your figure skating routine |
| 32% | LARUSSO | 7 | Daniel's surname in Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid |
| 32% | STRANGEORDEAL | 13 | "Pay in cash and your second surgery is half-price"? |
| 32% | HARPER | 6 | Surname of the brothers in Two and a Half Men |
| 32% | SON | 3 | Jake to Alan Harper in "Two and a Half Men" |
| 32% | ALAN | 4 | Jon Cryer's role in "Two and a Half Men" |
| 31% | LEET | 4 | In English and Welsh history, a yearly or half-yearly manorial court of record |
| 31% | SNAPE | 5 | The Half-Blood Prince, in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” |
| 30% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 30% | CARL | 4 | ___ Schuhmann, Olympian who has won medals in two different sports, gymnastics and wrestling |
| 30% | ALAN | 4 | Charlie's brother in "Two and a Half Men," played by Jon Cryer |
| 29% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Burt ___, winner of a 1993 Razzie for his role in "Cop and a Half" |
| 29% | MANDELAS | 8 | Nelson and winnie |
| 29% | KAVA | 4 | Samoan drink used at important ceremonies and usually ritually served in a half coconut shell |
| 29% | EDDYS | 5 | Nelson and Mary Baker |
| 28% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 28% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 28% | SPIN | 4 | In quantum physics, particles which obey Fermi-Dirac statistics and the Pauli Exclusion Principle have half-integer this |
| 28% | ARMLOCK | 7 | Grip around an upper limb in wrestling |
| 28% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | "To Sir, With Love" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Mandela and de Klerk": 2 wds. |
| 28% | PINNED | 6 | Beat in wrestling |
| 28% | PINNED | 6 | Beat, in wrestling |
| 28% | PIN | 3 | Defeat, in wrestling |
| 28% | SNAPE | 5 | The half-blood prince in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" |
| 28% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "Two and a Half Men" co-star starting in 2011 |