| 100% | DINAH | 5 | Someone who's "in the kitchen" in "I've Been Working on the Railroad" |
| 75% | DINAH | 5 | "Someone's in the kitchen with ___" (line from "I've Been Working on the Railroad") |
| 50% | IVE | 3 | "___ Been Working on the Railroad" |
| 45% | BEEN | 4 | "I've ___ working on the railroad ..." |
| 43% | PDT | 3 | S.F. is on it in the summer |
| 42% | HAMEL | 5 | Actress Veronica who was the model in the last cigarette ad shown on U.S. TV |
| 41% | SIRS | 4 | Ones who've been tapped on the shoulder |
| 41% | ESTRADA | 7 | "CHiPs" star Erik who was featured on the reality show "The Surreal Life" in 2004 |
| 40% | REGGIE | 6 | Jackson who was on five World Series-winning teams in the 1970s |
| 39% | TONYA | 5 | Figure skater Harding who was involved in the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan |
| 39% | ALISTAIRCOOK | 12 | PBS host who's good in the kitchen? |
| 39% | SIR | 3 | One who's been tapped on the shoulder? |
| 38% | KNEADS | 6 | Works in the kitchen |
| 38% | YODA | 4 | Someone who speaks like the quote in 25-Across |
| 38% | KNEAD | 5 | Work in the kitchen, in a way |
| 38% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 38% | FLAMBE | 6 | On fire in the kitchen |
| 38% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | N.B.A. star who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school |
| 37% | SPREE | 5 | Jack the Ripper is a murderer who went on a killing ___ in London |
| 37% | SWEENEY | 7 | Actress who starred in the "It's Pat" sketches on "S.N.L." |
| 37% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper who said "I am Shakespeare in the flesh" |
| 37% | GRIER | 5 | David Alan ___ ("In Living Color" cast member who was on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009) |
| 37% | SHAW | 4 | The 1999 comedy "She's All That" is based on his work |
| 36% | SEAMEN | 6 | Men who work on the ocean |
| 36% | BREWS | 5 | Is in the works |
| 36% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Moon on which Heinlein's "Farmer in the Sky" is set |
| 36% | FRISCH | 6 | Otto who worked on the Manhattan Project |
| 36% | ALADDIN | 7 | Fellow who was called on the carpet? |
| 36% | TESTED | 6 | Worked on in the lab |
| 36% | GETIT | 5 | Be in on the joke |