| 100% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 52% | MIRROR | 6 | Man in the __, Michael Jackson song |
| 49% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 48% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album with songs like "Man in the Mirror," that went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 46% | ELI | 3 | Manning with the second-longest QB starting streak in N.F.L. history |
| 46% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album that included "Man in the Mirror" |
| 45% | SELLERS | 7 | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| 45% | NUT | 3 | Reggie Jackson was one of these in 1966 when he played Class A ball with Modesto |
| 45% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 44% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 44% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 43% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 43% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 43% | JAVIER | 6 | With 33-Across, "No Country for Old Men" Oscar winner who was in the James Bond movie "Skyfall" |
| 43% | PENAL | 5 | "Are you familiar with the ___ codes in this state?" ("Kentucky Fried Movie") |
| 43% | INVISIBLE | 9 | The __ Man, he can't be seen in this 2020 film |
| 42% | GOLDEN | 6 | "The Man with the ___ Gun," twelfth novel of Ian Fleming's James Bond series which was published in 1965 |
| 42% | DENEB | 5 | A starting point in the game Stellaris is the planet Unity which orbits this well-known star |
| 42% | YELLOW | 6 | Bright sunny color that is associated with the characters mentioned in this puzzle |
| 42% | COLUMBIASC | 10 | This capital is home to the Army's Ft. Jackson in the Palmetto state |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson's album with the hit song "Smooth Criminal" |
| 41% | THEWIZ | 6 | Michael Jackson played the scarecrow in 1978 film |
| 41% | LUGE | 4 | In this race, the runners are always behind |
| 41% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | Madonna hit that starts with the lyric "Life is a mystery" |
| 41% | GABARDINE | 9 | "The man in the __ suit is a spy": Paul Simon |
| 41% | DEHYDRATE | 9 | Being in the desert without water will do this |
| 41% | AIKENDRUM | 9 | Man in the moon with a cream cheese hat |
| 41% | JURASSIC | 8 | The park in Spielberg's dinosaur movie was this |
| 41% | DEGREES | 7 | The angles in a circle are measured in these |