| 100% | MUDD | 4 | Roger whose 2008 memoir is titled "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News" |
| 32% | ELIWALLACH | 10 | Hollywood star whose memoir was titled "The Good, the Bad, and Me" |
| 31% | REHAB | 5 | Place to get clean and also the title of 16a's signature song |
| 31% | MARY | 4 | "___ Kay and Johnny," 1947 sitcom credited to be the pioneer of the genre on network television |
| 31% | BRUCE | 5 | "Dancing in the Dark" singer ___ Springsteen whose memoir is titled "Born to Run" |
| 30% | AMY | 3 | "The Joy Luck Club" author Tan whose new memoir is titled "Where the Past Begins" |
| 29% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on television (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ADAR | 4 | Moses is reputed to have been born and to have died on the seventh day of this month |
| 29% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 29% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 28% | MINNELLI | 8 | Singer whose version of “New York, New York” used to be played when the Yankees lost |
| 28% | LYNAM | 5 | Desmond —, television presenter whose credits include Match of the Day and Countdown |
| 28% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | The 7th US president and hero of the battle of New Orleans was 1st to be targeted for assassination |
| 28% | CATS | 4 | What Grizabella and Skimbleshanks are, according to the title of a Broadway musical |
| 27% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on prime-time television (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SOT | 3 | Org. whose mission is to advance the science and study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms |
| 27% | CHAD | 4 | Nation where "Freedom and Democracy Day" is on December 1 and celebrates the coming to power of President Idriss Deby |
| 27% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 27% | SETI | 4 | Pharaoh of the New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and the son of Ramesses I, whose tomb was discovered in 1817 |
| 27% | CYBILLSHEPHERD | 14 | "Moonlighting" actress and star of a 1990s CBS sitcom, whose title was her first name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 27% | ALPHABET | 8 | Series whose first seven members are sung to the starts of 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 27% | FENNEL | 6 | Yellow-flowered plant of the parsley family whose seeds and feathery leaves are used to flavour food |
| 27% | AMANITA | 7 | Psychedelic mushroom whose color and role in Nordic shamanic rituals is believed by some to be the source of Santa Claus’s red-and-white suit |
| 27% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 27% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 27% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 27% | RATATOUILLE | 11 | Animated comedy film released in 2007 whose title refers to a French dish and the plot follows a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a chef |
| 26% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| 26% | EDEN | 4 | The garden of ___ is fabled to be where Adam and Eve lived |