| 100% | UNDERWHERE | 10 | Question that one is tricked into asking, in a classic gag |
| 47% | AMILATE | 7 | Question that might be asked when hurrying into a meeting |
| 45% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HEAT | 4 | ___ metal in a microwave, classic childhood question that was partially debunked on "MythBusters" |
| 41% | ROPE | 4 | Object that appears to be cut and restored in a classic magic trick |
| 40% | WILLYOUMARRYME | 14 | Question that might be asked on one knee |
| 38% | BUDABBOTT | 9 | Comedian in a classic sketch who is asked, "Who's on first?" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SAWAWOMANINHALF | 15 | Perform a classic magic trick that's depicted figuratively in this grid? |
| 36% | ONME | 4 | "Take ___" (1984 song with a classic synth riff that is now in your head) |
| 36% | ADAGE | 5 | There are two pennies in a classic one |
| 36% | TROPE | 5 | A car that won't start is a common one in horror films |
| 36% | BONUS | 5 | Corporate perk that is a delightful "extra" in one's paycheck |
| 36% | TONGUEDEPRESSOR | 15 | One might be involved in a gag |
| 35% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970] |
| 35% | PEGOMYHEART | 11 | Classic song about an Irish lass that was a #1 hit in 1913 and 1947 |
| 35% | SWAB | 4 | The Q-tip that you shove in your ear is a small one |
| 34% | ANTESUP | 7 | Shows that one is in? |
| 34% | ANTESUP | 7 | Indicates that one is in |
| 34% | GHOSTSTORY | 10 | Tale that may be told with a fire in one's eyes |
| 34% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 34% | RABBIT | 6 | Animal in a classic magic trick |
| 34% | TAP | 3 | Action that can be done to a phone, in more ways than one |
| 34% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |
| 34% | PODRACING | 9 | Fictional sport in "Star Wars" that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft |
| 33% | RAKE | 4 | Stepped-on tool in a classic slapstick gag |
| 33% | CANYOUBELIEVEIT | 15 | "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 33% | WHEREAMI | 8 | Question asked in a foggy state |
| 33% | CERTIFIABLY | 11 | In a way that is confirmed |
| 33% | BATON | 5 | One being passed in a race |
| 33% | SEX | 3 | Something that might be in an R-rated movie but not a G-rated one |