| 100% | STOW | 4 | John —, chronicler and antiquary who published a Survey of London in 1598 |
| 33% | ACTON | 5 | John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 |
| 33% | SMUGGLER | 8 | Someone who illegally takes goods in and out of a country |
| 32% | TRAVOLTA | 8 | John ___, winner of a 2000 Razzie for his roles in "Battlefield Earth" and "Lucky Numbers" |
| 32% | EDITOR | 6 | Person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text |
| 30% | CARA | 4 | ___ Delevingne, who starred in the 2017 space opera film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" |
| 30% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 30% | KIRKFRANKLIN | 12 | "Stomp" singer and choir director who competed against Fred Hammond in a 2020 episode of "Verzuz": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROBERTMITCHUM | 13 | "The Winds of War" actor who starred with John Wayne in "El Dorado" and in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MORGAN | 6 | ___ Freeman, who won his only Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby" and has a wax statue in Madame Tussauds, London |
| 30% | RIHANNA | 7 | Barbadian singer of "Unfaithful" fame who has won multiple Grammy awards and has a statue at Madame Tussauds, London |
| 30% | KENNEDY | 7 | 35th President of the United States, John F. ___, who was shot twice, while inside a vehicle in a procession |
| 30% | REACH | 5 | Appropriately named Boxer Julius Long, who stands 7 ft 1 in and has a 90 in one of these |
| 30% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who starred in and made his directorial debut with 2002's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 30% | HOLLANDTAYLOR | 13 | "Two and a Half Men" actress who came out of the closet in 2015 at age 72: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac ___, English physicist who gave us the laws of motion and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London |
| 29% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | "The Doggfather" rapper who was frequently in and out of jail after high school, before becoming a musician: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 29% | DOUG | 4 | ___ Harvey, who is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history and is a seven-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 29% | DENIS | 5 | ___ Potvin, who is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history and is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 29% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 28% | RAE | 3 | John —, 19th-century Scottish explorer who authored the book Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847 |
| 28% | SOTHERN | 7 | Actress Ann who has two Hollywood Walk of Fame stars and was injured in 1974 by the falling of a fake tree! |
| 28% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 28% | PAPAS | 5 | John and Denny, in a 1960s group |
| 28% | RAVI | 4 | A teacher of John, Paul and George |
| 28% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 28% | TIMETRAVELERS | 13 | "The ___ Wife," bestselling debut novel by Audrey Niffenegger published in 2003 about a man who moves through time and his wife: 2 wds. |
| 28% | VIRGILFLOWERS | 13 | Criminal investigator featured in 11 John Sandford novels who began as a supporting character in Sandford's "Prey" series of novels (2 wds.) |