| 100% | KENNYROGERS | 11 | Male half of the duo that sang 16-/40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 89% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Female half of the duo that sang 16-/40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | OATES | 5 | Half of the duo that sang "Did It In A Minute" |
| 47% | KANYEWEST | 9 | One half of the rap duo who performed 11-Down: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of the group that sang "I Saw Her Again" |
| 42% | OATES | 5 | Half of the duo that has had six No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 39% | TWENTYDOLLARS | 13 | Value of the currency that bears the likeness of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RYANLEWIS | 9 | One of the duo behind the hip-hop album "The Heist": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TENBUCKS | 8 | Cost of an item that was originally $20 but is now on the half-price rack: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FURYROAD | 8 | Subtitle of the new "Mad Max" movie that opened Friday: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | Singer of the buttocks-themed song "All About That Bass": 2 wds. |
| 37% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 16-, 22-, 31-, 40-, 45- or 56-Across |
| 37% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | "Tommy" song sung by 47-Across that's the only cover of a Who song to reach the Top 10 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TASTEBUDS | 9 | Parts of the tongue that help detect flavor: 2 wds. |
| 36% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname of the Southern university that's home to the Rebels: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JERRYLEWIS | 10 | "The Nutty Professor" (1963) half of a classic comedy duo (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GWENSTEFANI | 11 | Singer whose 2005 #1 hit "Hollaback Girl" was produced by Pharrell Williams as half of the Neptunes: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRADPITT | 8 | Male half of the 2000's couple Brangelina |
| 35% | BATMAN | 6 | Half of the Dynamic Duo |
| 35% | ROBIN | 5 | Half of the Dynamic Duo |
| 35% | PHOEBEBRIDGERS | 14 | "Sidelines" singer who is one of the three members of 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BEEGEES | 7 | Group that sang "Stayin' Alive," with "the": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOELCOEN | 8 | "Fargo" director who is a part of the filmmaking duo behind other movies like "True Grit": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "Gulliver's Travels" actor who is a part of the American comedy rock duo Tenacious D: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CLIMATECHANGE | 13 | One of the primary causes Obama soldiered against, that included curbing global warming and resource consumption: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Host of the 1987 Primetime Emmy Awards, who won an Emmy himself that evening for "Moonlighting": 2 wds. |