| 100% | KOOKY | 5 | Rhyme of "spooky" and "ooky" in "The Addams Family" theme song |
| 58% | OOKY | 4 | Adjective in "The Addams Family" theme song |
| 56% | SNAP | 4 | Sound heard repeatedly in the "Addams Family" theme song |
| 50% | KOOKY | 5 | "They're creepy and they're ___" (start of the "Addams Family" theme song) |
| 48% | KOOKY | 5 | "They're creepy and they're ___ ..." (start of the theme song to "The Addams Family") |
| 47% | GLENNMILLER | 11 | Musician mentioned in the theme song to "All in the Family" |
| 46% | PUGSLEY | 7 | Gomez and Morticia's son in The Addams Family |
| 46% | ITT | 3 | Cousin in the Addams family |
| 46% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | Daughter in The Addams Family |
| 45% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 45% | ITT | 3 | Hairy cousin in The Addams Family |
| 45% | APHRODITE | 9 | Goddess mentioned in the song "She's So High," after Cleopatra and Joan of Arc |
| 45% | ANTHONY | 7 | Eldest Bridgerton son, and the head of the family in "Bridgerton" |
| 44% | ANJELICA | 8 | __ Huston, Morticia in The Addams Family film |
| 44% | ITSAHELLUVATOWN | 15 | Lyric in the song named by the starts and ends of 19-, 27-, 45- and 53-Across |
| 44% | STOCK | 5 | Word with more than 20 definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 43% | LORE | 4 | Rhyme for "door" and "more" in the first verse of "The Raven" |
| 43% | MARS | 4 | Singer Bruno who won Grammys for Record, Album, and Song of the Year in 2018 |
| 42% | LANA | 4 | Collaborator of Ariana and Miley on the new Charlie's Angels theme song |
| 42% | ACLASHOFKINGS | 13 | Second novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin: 4 wds. |
| 42% | GUAYULE | 7 | Bushy shrub in the aster family of Mexico and the southwestern US; a source of latex |
| 42% | BLACK | 5 | "Man in ___," 1971 song written and recorded by Johnny Cash from album of the same name |
| 42% | VMAS | 4 | Where Olivia Rodrigo won Best New Artist and Song of the Year in 2021, for short |
| 42% | DRAGONS | 7 | "A Dance with ___," fifth novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin |
| 42% | EGG | 3 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle, as seen in 28a, 45a, 7d, 11d, and 31d! |
| 42% | POETRY | 6 | "April is National ___ Month! Complete the rhyme hidden in this crossword and celebrate the beauty of verse!" |
| 41% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 41% | FULL | 4 | "A Sky ___ of Stars," Coldplay's Grammy-nominated song that topped the charts in Italy and Portugal |
| 41% | SHIRLEYBASSEY | 13 | Singer of the James Bond theme songs "Goldfinger," "Diamonds Are Forever," and "Moonraker": 2 wds. |