| 100% | TENDERLY | 8 | He who handles a nettle __ is soonest stung |
| 42% | MAO | 3 | He who said "A revolution is not a dinner party" |
| 38% | GETBACK | 7 | Beatles hit about "a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 38% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who isn't where he should be: Abbr. |
| 37% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 36% | DOCKELLIS | 9 | Pitcher who famously claimed he was on LSD while throwing a no-hitter (1970) |
| 36% | GETBACK | 7 | #1 Beatles hit that starts "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 36% | KANYEWEST | 9 | About whom Obama said "He is a jackass. But he's talented" |
| 35% | DALI | 4 | Surrealist who claimed that he had never taken drugs but that he himself was a drug |
| 35% | ABATOR | 6 | He who improves a nuisance |
| 35% | BRET | 4 | ___ Easton Ellis, "Less Than Zero" author who published his first book while he was still a student |
| 35% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GRACE | 5 | With 31-Across, "To Catch a Thief" actress who was romanced by Prince Rainier (and married him) |
| 35% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico who was honored by having a length unit of 10-15 meters named after him |
| 35% | HENRYFORD | 9 | He who wrote History is bunk |
| 35% | VOLDEMORT | 9 | He Who Must Not Be Named |
| 34% | PITSAW | 6 | Cutting tool handled by two people, one of whom is often standing in a hole in the ground |
| 34% | LOOKBEFOREYOULEAP | 17 | He who hesitates is lost, but also... |
| 34% | HES | 3 | He who ___itates is lost |
| 33% | THEFUGITIVE | 11 | Harrison Ford's 1993 movie (25th anniversary) in which he plays a man who is wrongfully convicted: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RONALDINHO | 10 | Brazilian footballer who lost Coca-Cola as a sponsor after he was caught drinking Pepsi in a news conference |
| 33% | SMUGGLER | 8 | He who brings illicit goods into a country |
| 33% | HORTON | 6 | He hears a Who |
| 33% | ELIA | 4 | He was a Lamb |
| 33% | IRONMIKEDITKA | 13 | 1982-'92 coach of 44-Across, who got his nickname because he is from a Pennsylvania steel town (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GORDON | 6 | ___ Korman, "This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 33% | CASHIER | 7 | One who handles payments at a store |
| 33% | ALI | 3 | He stung like a bee |
| 33% | STEVENUNIVERSE | 14 | He . . . is a Crystal Gem |
| 33% | YODA | 4 | A Jedi master, he is |