| 100% | MICROBREWERY | 12 | Independently owned suds producer (and the suds in question) |
| 43% | JIMDEAR | 7 | Male owner of Lady in "Lady and the Tramp" |
| 42% | LEAR | 4 | "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" producer Norman |
| 41% | MAMA | 4 | Owner of the bed that was too soft in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| 41% | DOLE | 4 | Largest fruit and vegetable producer in the world |
| 41% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 40% | BECAUSEISAIDSO | 14 | Reply to the question in 13- and 57-Down |
| 40% | AARONSPELLING | 13 | Producer in the Television Hall of Fame with 218 producer and executive producer credits (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PAPP | 4 | Joseph —, American theatre producer and director who founded the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1954 |
| 39% | WHO | 3 | The one in question |
| 39% | SHE | 3 | The woman in question |
| 39% | WHO | 3 | The person in question? |
| 39% | AHMET | 5 | Record producer Ertegun in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 39% | ORALEXAMS | 9 | Tests in which the questions and answers are spoken (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NILE | 4 | ___ Rodgers (guitarist and record producer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
| 38% | PHILSPECTOR | 11 | American record producer and songwriter inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Owner of Amazon and the Washington Post |
| 38% | WHATSSOFUNNY | 12 | Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 37% | INASCRABBLEGAME | 15 | With 30- and 49-Across, test question to be answered by filling in the correct circle |
| 37% | ALREADY | 7 | Before the time in question |
| 37% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes |
| 37% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Actor and producer who plays Ethan Hunt in the "Mission: Impossible" series: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SANTA | 5 | Speaker of the cheer in question |
| 37% | OWN | 3 | Belong to the one in question |
| 37% | DISTAL | 6 | Far from the bone in question |
| 37% | WHERES | 6 | "___ the Money?" 2017 comedy starring King Bach and Kat Graham, with a question in the title |
| 37% | DOTS | 4 | The points in "!" and "?" |
| 36% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DRY | 3 | (4/5) To build your own bonfire, add some ___ leaves and twigs in the designated area |
| 36% | VAMPIRE | 7 | The bat man in question |