| 100% | ALBEE | 5 | He said "If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic" |
| 74% | HED | 3 | "If Attila the Hun were alive today, ___ be a drama critic": Edward Albee |
| 36% | SINNER | 6 | “Ah, if the Pope knew you were such a ___ / He’d be on his way”: Springsteen |
| 35% | ORA | 3 | Dave couldn't decide if the animal he saw was a dog ___ jackal (2 wds) |
| 35% | EBERT | 5 | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" |
| 34% | NEE | 3 | The boy was so dirty, he really ___ded a bath |
| 34% | BERRA | 5 | He said "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be" |
| 33% | EBERT | 5 | Critic who said "Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels" |
| 33% | CDVI | 4 | Year Attila the Hun was born |
| 32% | EMOTE | 5 | Be a drama queen, say |
| 32% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument Ogden Nash referred to when he said, "... reeds are a pain / And the fingering's insane" |
| 31% | ACID | 4 | "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped ___ once": Steve Jobs on Bill Gates |
| 31% | DEBUSSY | 7 | He said "Music is the space between the notes" |
| 30% | SEATS | 5 | Is a maître d' for, say |
| 30% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 30% | MRROGERS | 8 | He said ''Appreciation is a holy thing'' |
| 30% | BYTHEWAY | 8 | The fourth album John Frusciante (birthday today) released with 31-Across, which he says was one of the happiest times of his life: 3 wds. |
| 30% | STLEO | 5 | A famous religious leader who met with Attila the Hun: 2 wds |
| 29% | WALLFLOWER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a ___," 2012 drama film starring Emma Watson (birthday today) as Sam Button |
| 29% | LITTLEONE | 9 | He said "Roll over" when there were 10 in the bed |
| 29% | BARREL | 6 | A rotten apple is said to spoil the whole __ |
| 29% | BEGS | 4 | Is a bad dog by the dinner table, say |
| 29% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, per a saying |
| 29% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, in a saying |
| 29% | BIRDS | 5 | "___ are the only "direct" descendants of 15a that are alive today!" |
| 29% | ANI | 3 | The nickname for Darth Vader, when he was a child |
| 29% | HELIOS | 6 | The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of him |
| 29% | POPEMOBILE | 10 | The first one was a modified Ford D-Series truck |
| 29% | ODDSARE | 7 | "If I were a betting person, I'd say ..." |
| 29% | 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) |