| 100% | CONCHS | 6 | Mollusks with iridescence not created by 22-Across |
| 44% | NEMO | 4 | Captain created by 22-Across |
| 37% | XFACTOR | 7 | Competition show created by Simon Cowell, with "The" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | WARREN | 6 | With 34-Across, "Dick Tracy" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Henry |
| 37% | HOMEVIDEO | 9 | 2021 solo album by 22 Across |
| 36% | MANMADE | 7 | Created by humans, not naturally occurring |
| 35% | BEWARETHE | 9 | With 22-Across, a timely warning from "Julius Caesar" by Shak. |
| 34% | GOHOME | 6 | & 22 Across 1954 novel by Charles Williams |
| 34% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 34% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | With 26 Across, memorable spots created by the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | YOUCANSAY | 9 | With 22 Across, "Hear, hear!" |
| 33% | STARTREK | 8 | TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, with Spock |
| 33% | JERRY | 5 | Fictional sitcom within a sitcom created by the titular character of "Seinfeld" with his friend, George Costanza |
| 33% | PRIVATE | 7 | With 50-Across, former Kate Walsh medical drama created and produced by 32-/34-Across |
| 33% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 32% | EINERECLINER | 12 | With 117 Across, songs to relax by? |
| 32% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 32% | THEWETNESS | 10 | With 22 Across, regular use of deodorant? |
| 32% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 32% | WATER | 5 | "Madman Across the ___," 1971 album by Elton John with the hit song "Tiny Dancer" |
| 32% | ELMO | 4 | "The Not-Too-Late Show with ___" (HBO Max series hosted by a red Muppet) |
| 32% | SCROOGE | 7 | Miser created by 18-/41-Across in "A Christmas Carol" |
| 32% | BERKELEY | 8 | With 50-Across, cartoonist who created "Bloom County" |
| 32% | UNMORAL | 7 | Not influenced by or concerned with ethical issues |
| 32% | ODDS | 4 | With 65-Across, Miscellany, when separated by "and" |
| 32% | DELLA | 5 | With 70-Across, "Touched by an Angel" star |
| 32% | FIRST | 5 | With 6-Across, "Let me start by saying ..." |
| 32% | WEEP | 4 | "Immortality," poem by Clare Harner with the line "Do not stand at my grave and ___" |
| 31% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 31% | ACUTE | 5 | With 8-Across, feature of "V," but not "L" |