| 100% | MANIA | 5 | Reaction to the Beatles in 1964, e.g. |
| 77% | MANIA | 5 | Reaction to the Beatles in 1964 or Justin Bieber in 2010 |
| 65% | MANIA | 5 | Reaction to the Beatles in the nineteen-sixties |
| 53% | MANIA | 5 | Reaction to the Beatles, once |
| 48% | ACINAR | 6 | Relating to the berries in a blackberry, e.g. |
| 47% | INSULATE | 8 | To put batts of fiberglass, e.g., in the walls |
| 46% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a punch, in the comics |
| 46% | ONLYINAMERICA | 13 | His reaction to the election of a Jewish mayor in Dublin |
| 45% | TIMEMACHINE | 11 | The DeLorean in "Back to the Future," e.g. |
| 45% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to being punched in the stomach |
| 45% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a sock in the gut |
| 45% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to getting punched in the stomach |
| 45% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a punch in the gut |
| 45% | BASSIST | 7 | Paul McCartney in the Beatles, e.g. |
| 45% | PANAM | 5 | The Beatles arrived in New York in 1964 on this |
| 44% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 43% | JUDO | 4 | Martial art added to the Olympics in 1964 |
| 43% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 43% | BAND | 4 | The Beatles, e.g. |
| 43% | BRITS | 5 | The Beatles, e.g. |
| 43% | TETRAD | 6 | The beatles, e.g. |
| 43% | LADS | 4 | The Beatles, e.g. |
| 43% | NEWYORK | 7 | American city where The Beatles first landed in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IMPROVISE | 9 | To make up on the spot, e.g. in acting or comedy |
| 42% | LADS | 4 | The Beatles during Beatlemania, e.g. |
| 42% | ALBUM | 5 | The Beatles' "Abbey Road," e.g. |
| 42% | ALLERGY | 7 | Reaction to pollen, e.g. |
| 42% | LADY | 4 | The Beatles' Madonna, e.g. |
| 42% | LANE | 4 | The Beatles' Penny, e.g. |
| 42% | ALLMYLOVING | 11 | "With the Beatles" song playing in the E.R. when Lennon died |