| 100% | IDIOT | 5 | One who tells a tale full of sound and fury, per Macbeth |
| 65% | IDIOT | 5 | Teller of a tale "full of sound and fury," per Macbeth |
| 61% | IDIOT | 5 | Teller of a tale “full of sound and fury,” per Macbeth |
| 53% | IDIOT | 5 | “It is a tale / Told by an ___, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing”: “Macbeth” |
| 52% | IDIOT | 5 | "It is a tale told by an ___, full of sound and fury": Shak. |
| 42% | ALLTALK | 7 | Full of sound and fury |
| 35% | COMMERCIALFREAK | 15 | One who's a really big fan of promos and trailers? |
| 34% | PUNSTER | 7 | One who might tell you the invention of the wheel created a revolution |
| 32% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 32% | GASMAN | 6 | One who wears fireproof clothes, carries up to 95 pounds and is a crucial part of the pit crew |
| 31% | TED | 3 | Danson who played one of the three men in "Three Men and a Baby" |
| 31% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 31% | NIOBE | 5 | One who "lives in stone and still nurses the sorrows sent upon her by the hand of heaven," per "The Iliad" |
| 31% | MOUNTAINEER | 11 | One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb |
| 30% | DREYFUS | 7 | One of the most successful comedians, Julia Louis-___, who starred in "Seinfeld" and was once a part of SNL |
| 30% | ODIST | 5 | One who's full of praise |
| 30% | IRONIST | 7 | One who's full of surprises? |
| 30% | EGOIST | 6 | One who's full of himself |
| 30% | LIED | 4 | Told a whopper of a tale |
| 30% | POEHLER | 7 | One of the most successful comedians, Amy, who starred in "Parks and Recreation" and was once a member of SNL |
| 30% | FEY | 3 | One of the most successful comedians, Tina, who co-created "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and was once a member of SNL |
| 29% | RETELLS | 7 | One who a tale again or differently |
| 29% | IDIOT | 5 | "... a tale told by an __ ... ": Macbeth |
| 29% | GYMNAST | 7 | One who mounts and dismounts a horse |
| 29% | CRITIC | 6 | One who analyzes and rates a movie |
| 29% | ARCHER | 6 | One who wields a bow and arrow |
| 29% | SOT | 3 | One who has a lot of screwdrivers? |
| 29% | SETTLOR | 7 | One who creates a trust of property |
| 29% | ANGLER | 6 | One who opens a can of worms? |
| 29% | TORERO | 6 | One who makes a lot of passes |