| 100% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | He said "I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury" |
| 39% | FAVOR | 5 | Someone who says "Do me a solid!" is asking for one |
| 38% | EBERT | 5 | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" |
| 38% | MAGGIENELSON | 12 | Her 2009 book opens, “Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color” |
| 38% | FDR | 3 | Prez who said, "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made" |
| 35% | ORDERSUP | 8 | Asks for a meal to be delivered to the penthouse, say |
| 34% | SWARAJ | 6 | "___ is my birthright and I shall have it" (rallying cry for Indian independence) |
| 33% | CALVINCOOLIDGE | 14 | "I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say" |
| 33% | EMAIL | 5 | What a pointless meeting probably should have been handled by |
| 33% | NERD | 4 | Type of person Lewis was when he said "We have news for the beautiful people. There's a lot more of us then there are of you." ('84) |
| 33% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MAE | 3 | West who said, "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution" |
| 32% | RENOIR | 6 | He said "I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it" |
| 32% | GROUCHO | 7 | He said, "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others" |
| 32% | COPCITY | 7 | Epithet for an Atlanta police-training center that has been protested by a range of justice groups |
| 32% | PDA | 3 | Term for a handheld computer that has largely been replaced by "smartphone": Abbr. |
| 32% | GYM | 3 | Place that my dad once told me was a nickname for games and I believed him for years |
| 31% | YOGA | 4 | "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked. |
| 31% | CASTING | 7 | I am a type of "director" who says "You're perfect for the role!" Who am I? |
| 31% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 31% | OBAMA | 5 | "By the way, I would have voted for ___ a third time if I could" (Get Out quote) |
| 31% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Asked for a desk, say |
| 31% | BEG | 3 | Ask for a biscuit, say |
| 31% | BEG | 3 | Ask for a treat, say |
| 30% | INCONTEMPT | 10 | Bad way to be held by a judge |
| 30% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 30% | GRACE | 5 | With 31-Across, "To Catch a Thief" actress who was romanced by Prince Rainier (and married him) |
| 30% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico who was honored by having a length unit of 10-15 meters named after him |
| 30% | TELL | 4 | "Santa ___ Me," 2014 pop song by Ariana Grande where she asks Santa for a long-term lover |
| 30% | JONAH | 5 | He was swallowed by a fish |