| 100% | AUDIE | 5 | Murphy of "To Hell and Back" |
| 82% | AUDIE | 5 | ___ Murphy, WWII hero of "To Hell and Back" |
| 74% | AUDIE | 5 | ___ Murphy, American combat soldier and actor of "To Hell and Back" |
| 56% | AUDIEM | 6 | War hero/actor who played himself in "To Hell and Back" |
| 55% | CHRISREA | 8 | Singer of The Road to Hell and Auberge |
| 55% | LAP | 3 | To the end of the pool and back |
| 51% | WINEHOUSE | 9 | Singer of Back to Black and Rehab, Amy |
| 51% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 48% | EDDIE | 5 | Murphy of "Dreamgirls" and "Trading Places" |
| 47% | LAP | 3 | Length of a pool and back |
| 47% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 47% | CILLIAN | 7 | __ Murphy of The Dark Knight Rises and Inception |
| 46% | OSCILLATE | 9 | To move back and forth |
| 46% | LATENESS | 8 | Result of pushing things back, and what's spelled out by eight letters that have been literally pushed to the back |
| 46% | WINEHOUSE | 9 | Singer with albums Frank and Back to Black |
| 46% | BUMPER | 6 | Protects the front and back of a car |
| 45% | RECEDE | 6 | About to yield and draw back |
| 45% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 45% | XXX | 3 | To the back of the barge |
| 45% | HARKS | 5 | ___ back to (is reminiscent of) |
| 45% | LOTS | 4 | ___ and ___ of love to you |
| 45% | THEPOLICE | 9 | Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981 |
| 45% | NINES | 5 | Front and back halves of a golf course, often |
| 45% | ISCHIUM | 7 | Lower and back part of the human hip bone |
| 45% | BANKRUPT | 8 | Back to zero, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 45% | STERN | 5 | Back of a boat, to a sailor |
| 45% | AFT | 3 | Back of the boat, to a sailor |
| 44% | ROUNDTRIP | 9 | Ticket to go, and come back |
| 44% | LONGRALLY | 9 | Lot of back and forth? |
| 44% | ENDPAPERS | 9 | Often marbled pages at front and back of a book |