| 100% | IRISES | 6 | Movie transitions in which the field of vision appears to expand or contract |
| 36% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 32% | SCOTOMA | 7 | Blind spot in the field of vision |
| 31% | CEPHALIC | 8 | Of, in, or relating to the head |
| 31% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | 1981 arcade game in which the player shoots bugs in a field of mushrooms |
| 31% | RINTINTIN | 9 | "Finding ___," movie based on the true story of the rescue dog that went on to appear in over 25 Hollywood movies: 3 wds. |
| 31% | STARDOM | 7 | Fame in the field of sports or entertainment |
| 31% | HEARTS | 6 | Game in which players tend to avoid the queen of spades |
| 30% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Looking to the past in shows or movies |
| 30% | ADAPTATION | 10 | *2002 movie in which a Susan Orlean work is described as “that sprawling New Yorker shit” . . . or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 29% | ASLAN | 5 | Only character to appear in all of the Narnia chronicles |
| 29% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 29% | ARTS | 4 | Section of the paper in which the crossword appears |
| 29% | CROP | 4 | Expanded part of the oesophagus in birds in which food is stored before passing on to the gizzard |
| 29% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 29% | CUFFING | 7 | “Season” in which single people couple up to stave off the loneliness and cold of winter |
| 28% | ASABOVE | 7 | With 41-Across, philosophical principle in which Earth mirrors heaven … or a hint to the shaded squares |
| 28% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 28% | ARRESTED | 8 | "___ Development," TV series in which the Bluths misinterpret a doctor's use of "all right," leading to a comical confusion over homonyms |
| 28% | SUDAN | 5 | Country in which the effects of war and displacement led U.N. experts to warn of widespread famine (October, 2024) |
| 28% | HADES | 5 | 2020 video game in which Zagreus, the son of the title character, attempts to escape the Greek underworld |
| 28% | MONSTERS | 8 | "Godzilla: King of the ___," 2019 movie which is a prequel to "Godzilla vs. Kong" |
| 28% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 28% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 28% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 28% | ESTHER | 6 | Book of the Bible in which the word "God" never appears |
| 28% | METYOURMOTHER | 13 | "How I ___," a popular TV series in which John Lithgow appeared as the father of Barney Stinson: 3 wds. |
| 28% | OWED | 4 | "Never in the field of human conflict was so much ___ by so many to so few": Churchill |
| 28% | SIG | 3 | Hansen, captain of the only vessel to have appeared in every season of "Deadliest Catch" |