| 100% | DEADPARROT | 10 | Monty Python sketch in which John Cleese complains about a pet shop purchase: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NUDGENUDGE | 10 | Monty Python sketch in which Eric Idle makes insinuations to Terry Jones in a pub: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LUMBERJACKSONG | 14 | Monty Python sketch in which Michael Palin sings of chopping down trees and dressing in women's clothing: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHEESE | 6 | Food in a Monty Python sketch starring John Cleese |
| 34% | FAWLTYTOWERS | 12 | 1975-1979 British series on which John Cleese's character owns a hotel: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | "Saturday ___," 1977 drama film in which John Travolta plays a local performer at a disco club: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MOBYDICK | 8 | 2011 miniseries about a whale hunt in which Gillian Anderson (birthday today) played Captain Ahab's wife: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JOYRIDE | 7 | 2001 Paul Walker and Steve Zahn movie about a road trip gone wrong which was directed by John Dahl: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ONEMORE | 7 | "___ Time," 2023 movie about a person stuck in the same day ... which is also a hint for 18a, 30a, 35a, 4d, and 39d: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MOULINROUGE | 11 | Movie in which Nicole Kidman played a prostitute: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PRETTYWOMAN | 11 | Movie in which Julia Roberts played a prostitute: 2 wds. |
| 27% | POKEMONGO | 9 | App in which you may catch a Pikachu: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SPAM | 4 | Meat in a Monty Python sketch |
| 27% | NIGHTLIVE | 9 | "Saturday ___," a sketch show which 31a star Sofia Vergara hosted in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CLARASHEART | 11 | 1988 film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a nanny: 2 wds. |
| 27% | INTREATMENT | 11 | HBO drama in which Dianne Wiest played a psychotherapist: 2 wds. |
| 27% | RIOLOBO | 7 | Civil war film in which John Wayne played the role of Col. Cord McNally: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TERRYGILLIAM | 12 | Monty Python comedian and filmmaker who gave up US citizenship in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SHOWBOAT | 8 | 1936 movie musical in which Paul Robeson played a dockworker: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Val Kilmer film in which 33-Across had a cameo: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Olympic event in which a large metal ball is thrown: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC show in which a Time Lord travels by TARDIS: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SARAHSKEY | 9 | 2010 Kristin Scott Thomas film about a journalist in France: 2 wds. |
| 27% | RAINMAN | 7 | 1988 film in which Dustin Hoffman plays the autistic heir to a fortune: 2 wds. |
| 27% | RESERVOIRDOGS | 13 | 1992 heist film in which Steve Buscemi plays a criminal nicknamed Mr. Pink: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GHOSTWORLD | 10 | 2001 black comedy in which Steve Buscemi plays a lonely man named Seymour: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Academy Award category in which 15-Across received a nomination for 36-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEBIRDCAGE | 11 | 1996 film comedy in which Dianne Wiest played a conservative senator's wife: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | New movie about a bunny, based on stories written in early 1900s England: 2 wds. |