100% | KEEPERS | 7 | Professionals at inns who may cook, clean, and manage the establishment |
38% | BOSS | 4 | One who might speak the jargon at 5-, 6- and 7-Across |
35% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature who might disagree with the saying at the ends of 17-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across |
32% | MALLWALKER | 10 | Exerciser who might stop at the food court |
31% | DAD | 3 | One who might explain the birds and the bees |
31% | DISNEYCRUISECREWS | 17 | Cast members who may sing "Under the Sea" at sea? |
31% | ONEMANBAND | 10 | Sort who might go for all the bells and whistles? |
31% | SPY | 3 | Professional who might deal with bugs and plants |
30% | WWIIVET | 7 | One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief |
30% | DIVA | 4 | One who might receive roses at the end of a performance |
30% | FANS | 4 | Ones who might be thanked at the People’s Choice Awards |
30% | ACTUARY | 7 | Professional who measures and manages risk |
29% | CHESSMASTER | 11 | Clock-puncher who might achieve a promotion and resign in the same day |
29% | ELIA | 4 | Lee who managed the Cubs and Phillies |
29% | PRODUCERS | 9 | People who finance and manage the making of a film |
29% | NURSE | 5 | Health professional who might work at a school |
29% | BOWA | 4 | Larry who played for and managed the Phillies |
28% | HERMANWOUK | 10 | "The Caine Mutiny," 18-Across, and 31-Across novelist who passed away at age 103 on May 17, 2019 (2 wds.) |
28% | ART | 3 | Howe who managed the Astros, A's, and Mets |
28% | FLEMING | 7 | Author Ian who created the villains at 15-, 20-, and 37-Across |
28% | GENTLEMENSCLUB | 14 | Site where top hats and canes might be checked at the door |
28% | TORRE | 5 | Joe who managed the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers |
28% | DAVEY | 5 | Johnson who managed the Mets, Reds, Orioles, Dodgers and Nationals |
28% | BEANCOUNTER | 11 | Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? |
27% | JESSEVENTURA | 12 | Wrestler/governor who taught "Body Slamming the Political Establishment" at Harvard: 2 wds. |
27% | THORPE | 6 | Jim who won gold in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics |
27% | LOLOJONES | 9 | Athlete who represented the U.S. at both the Summer and Winter Olympics |
27% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
27% | EILISH | 6 | Billie who released the album Hit Me Hard and Soft in May 2024 |
27% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who performed with Jay Z and Diddy at the 2014 Coachella festival |