| 100% | ESAI | 4 | Morales aiming to be cast, and whose name is hidden somewhere in "Morales aiming to be cast" |
| 48% | POE | 3 | "Tamarlane and Other Poems" author, whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is hidden in "tape" |
| 43% | OREO | 4 | Cookie whose name is hidden in "choreography" |
| 42% | ELS | 3 | Ernie ___, golfer whose name is hidden in "Helsinki" |
| 42% | ONI | 3 | Demonic being whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 41% | ARI | 3 | NPR host Shapiro whose name is hidden in "Costa Rica" |
| 39% | TSAI | 4 | Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle" |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter whose name is found in "theta" and "beta" |
| 39% | MRT | 3 | Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle |
| 39% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 39% | CENA | 4 | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| 39% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 39% | OTTO | 4 | Name hidden in "to be or not to be" |
| 39% | THEPACERS | 9 | NBA team whose name is a nod to auto and horse racing |
| 39% | QUEEN | 5 | ___ of Hearts, "Alice in Wonderland" character whose name is connected to 13a |
| 38% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 38% | LUCAS | 5 | George whose name is a lead-in to "film" |
| 38% | FIDELIO | 7 | Opera whose name is the password to the secret party in Eyes Wide Shut |
| 37% | EURO | 4 | Currency whose name was suggested by Germain Pirlot and officially adopted in Madrid in December 1995 |
| 37% | LANDONDONOVAN | 13 | US soccer great whose name was added to the MLS MVP Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PONTIAC | 7 | Ottawa leader who fought British advances in the Great Lakes area during the 1700s and whose name was a car brand |
| 37% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 36% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe company whose name is an acronym for a Latin expression about health in mind and body |
| 36% | INSIDETHELINES | 14 | Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? |
| 36% | PETE | 4 | Trumpeter Minger (whose first name is hidden in this clue) |
| 36% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Hall-of-Fame Celtics center whose name was added to the NBA Finals MVP Award in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |