| 100% | WATERED | 7 | He ___ his garden (sprinkled, as on flowers) |
| 51% | OZZIENELSON | 11 | He played himself as the dad on his show with wife Harriet: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANTLERS | 7 | What The Grinch put on his dog to disguise him as a reindeer |
| 49% | LITTERIN | 8 | Arlo's "crime" exactly as he says it on his Alice's Restaurant album |
| 42% | RFK | 3 | He served as AG for his brother |
| 42% | YODA | 4 | He spends his final years on Dagobah |
| 41% | RFK | 3 | He served as A.G. under his brother |
| 41% | RESALT | 6 | Sprinkle more halite on, as a snowy road |
| 41% | APOLLO | 6 | "___ 13," Ron Howard's film where Jim Lovell is featured as a captain and salutes his on-screen counterpart as he returns to Earth |
| 40% | WATER | 5 | Use a hose on, as a garden |
| 40% | CHARLESII | 9 | On his deathbed he said: Let not poor Nelly starve |
| 40% | ATLAS | 5 | He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame |
| 40% | DROOP | 5 | Look lifeless, as flowers on a hot day |
| 39% | LOT | 3 | His wife got salty on him |
| 39% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He reprised his role as a captain in Top Gun 2 |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | He announced Biden as his running mate with a text message |
| 39% | ROBERTYOUNG | 11 | He starred as the title character on 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RACEME | 6 | Flower cluster on a single stem, as in the honey locust |
| 39% | STREW | 5 | Spread around, as flower petals on a bridal path |
| 38% | KEN | 3 | He reunited with his fictional ex on Valentine's Day in 2011 |
| 38% | ATLAS | 5 | He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, in myth |
| 38% | EVIL | 4 | "Deception, disgrace, ___ as plain as the scar on his face" |
| 38% | PREDILECTION | 12 | ...and on his farm he had a fondness for something... |
| 38% | NACL | 4 | Something the nerd from chem. class sprinkles on his fries |
| 38% | CLOONEY | 7 | George, who made his name as Doug Ross on ER |
| 38% | EARLS | 5 | Robert Crawley and his father before him, on "Downton Abbey" |
| 37% | SQUARE | 6 | Madison ___ Garden, venue where Elton John performed on his 60th birthday |
| 37% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song about girl who's got him on his knees |
| 37% | GREENFLY | 8 | Aphid commonly occurring as a pest on garden and crop plants |