| 100% | SCATHING | 8 | Like Ebert's reviews in "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" |
| 52% | ROGER | 5 | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" film critic Ebert |
| 52% | HATED | 5 | Word repeated in Roger Ebert's "I ___, ___, ___ This Movie" |
| 50% | EBERT | 5 | I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie author |
| 43% | EBERT | 5 | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author |
| 43% | EBERT | 5 | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author Roger |
| 41% | EBERT | 5 | Roger who wrote "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" |
| 40% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who wrote "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" |
| 39% | RAVE | 4 | Review that might say "I loved this movie!" |
| 39% | RIGHT | 5 | "He's ___ behind me, isn't he?" cliche dialogue said in many movies like "Shrek" and "Deadpool" |
| 38% | ROAN | 4 | Like Hotspur's horse in "King Henry IV, Part I" |
| 37% | AQUATIC | 7 | Like the five animals in this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | SIXWORD | 7 | Like this puzzle's story, in length |
| 37% | SHE | 3 | “___ hate me. Like others” (line from the Monster in “The Bride of Frankenstein”) |
| 37% | MISSING | 7 | Like the letter O in this puzzle’s entire solution |
| 37% | SPELT | 5 | Like this clue's answer, in five letters |
| 37% | END | 3 | Like this clue's position in the crossword |
| 37% | WERE | 4 | "___ not so different, you and I," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Austin Powers" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" |
| 35% | EDGY | 4 | Provocative … like this answer's position in the grid? |
| 35% | ADAME | 5 | There's nothing like this, in song |
| 35% | TEAM | 4 | There's no I in this answer |
| 35% | ASONANT | 7 | Like the s in aisle |
| 34% | UGH | 3 | "Ew! I hate this!" |
| 34% | HOMEALONE | 9 | Unaccompanied in one's abode, like in the movie |
| 34% | JURASSIC | 8 | The park in Spielberg's dinosaur movie was this |
| 33% | LOWERCASE | 9 | like all the letters in this clue |
| 33% | ENEMIESTOLOVERS | 15 | Romance trope exemplified by Kat and Patrick’s relationship in “10 Things I Hate About You” |
| 33% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 33% | STREETCAR | 9 | There's one of these named "Desire" in play, movie |
| 33% | JAILHOUSE | 9 | __ Rock, Elvis goes to prison in this movie |