| 100% | MAKEITRAIN | 10 | Repeated phrase in the coda of James Taylor's "Shower the People" |
| 47% | OHMYDARLING | 11 | Repeated phrase in the chorus of a classic folk ballad |
| 45% | HATE | 4 | Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" |
| 40% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | "The Daily Show" star whose surname is a person in the book of Genesis: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Repeated phrase in 38-Across's speech at the 17-Across |
| 39% | STAPLE | 6 | Dominant crop in the diet of a region's people |
| 39% | YEAH | 4 | Word repeated in the name of Karen O's band |
| 39% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespeare character in the lyrics of Taylor Swift's "Love Story" |
| 39% | NAVEL | 5 | A rounded depression in the centre of a person's belly |
| 38% | OPERA | 5 | Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show |
| 37% | GOO | 3 | Repeated word in the name of the "Slide" band |
| 37% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 37% | STARR | 5 | Subject of James Carville's "... And the Horse He Rode In On" |
| 37% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | Person in the Garden of Eden |
| 37% | ASL | 3 | It's sometimes shown in the corner of a TV screen, for short |
| 36% | ADULT | 5 | Person in the age of majority, legally |
| 36% | DOIDARE | 7 | Phrase repeated four times in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| 36% | ANDAMAN | 7 | — Islands, archipelago in the Bay of Bengal; home of the Sentinelese people |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | French phrase in the names of some dishes: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ORANGE | 6 | "___ Is The New Black," fill in a color to complete the name of the TV show featuring Taylor Schilling |
| 36% | PAT | 3 | TV show host Sajak who may say the phrase found in the starred clues of this puzzle before 4d |
| 36% | ONENATION | 9 | Phrase of unity in the Pledge of Allegiance |
| 36% | RANDO | 5 | Person in the background of a photo, say |
| 36% | ALUM | 4 | Person in the class of '25, e.g. |
| 36% | IDOL | 4 | Person you might follow in the footsteps of |
| 36% | EXTRA | 5 | Person in the background of a movie scene |
| 36% | GONZO | 5 | In the style of Hunter S. Thompson, say |
| 36% | CMAS | 4 | Awards show whose most recent female Entertainer of the Year was Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 36% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year |