| 100% | GALWAY | 6 | John Lennon said that the world would be like this bay if we could "make chains with the morning dew" ('72) |
| 34% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 28% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 28% | JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 14 | 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 25% | ROACH | 5 | Insect that many say would be the last survivor of World War III |
| 25% | TAN | 3 | Spray ___ (product that can make you look like you've been to the beach) |
| 24% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 24% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 24% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 23% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 23% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 23% | BEATLES | 7 | Band that John Lennon was in: The ___ |
| 23% | TEAMWORK | 8 | John Maxwell said this makes the dream work |
| 22% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 22% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the refrain "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 22% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 22% | ORAL | 4 | Concerning the mouth, health that a dentist would be concerned with |
| 22% | BAR | 3 | Reptar ___, Chocolate from "The Rugrats Movie" that is filled with green gunk which will make the tongue go all green! |
| 22% | CLAY | 4 | Material that can be sculpted with the hands |
| 22% | NOR | 3 | "The world will little note, ___ long remember, what we say here" (line from the Gettysburg Address) |
| 22% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Make a Thanksgiving pie with us! (1/5) You'll need this star ingredient that gives the pie its name and deliciously smooth filling |
| 22% | ASONE | 5 | "... And the world will live ___" (lyrics from "Imagine" by John Lennon): 2 wds. |
| 22% | GHOST | 5 | With 13 Across, chilis that are among the world's hottest |
| 22% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 22% | RICHIE | 6 | Lionel __; co-wrote We Are the World with MJ |
| 22% | CABRIOLET | 9 | Car that can be driven with the roof down |
| 22% | STONE | 5 | The Washington Monument is the world's tallest structure made of this |
| 22% | DOLLAR | 6 | With 88 Across, where the theme goods can be bought these days |
| 22% | ALUMINUM | 8 | Foil element with the symbol "AI" that can be recycled |
| 22% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |