| 100% | YESTERDAY | 9 | Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 9/12/65 |
| 86% | SHELOVESYOU | 11 | Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 2/9/64 |
| 41% | THEDANCE | 8 | Song sung by Garth Brooks on Jay Leno's last "Tonight Show" |
| 39% | EDSULLIVAN | 10 | Host for this puzzle's subjects on 2/9/64 |
| 36% | BEATLEMANIA | 11 | Craze caused by this puzzle's subjects |
| 36% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga ... or a shower from above that may fill up the water bodies mentioned in this puzzle |
| 36% | BUSBUSBUS | 9 | Group cleared by this puzzle's subject, depicted literally |
| 36% | THEGEMINI | 9 | This puzzle's subjects, by another name |
| 35% | RAWHIDE | 7 | Classic TV theme song covered by this puzzle's theme duo |
| 34% | FIDDLER | 7 | Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly |
| 34% | MOVINONUP | 9 | "The Jeffersons" theme song, exemplified by this puzzle's improvements |
| 33% | PENTOMINOES | 11 | Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares |
| 32% | TEENAGERS | 9 | Much of the audience for 6-Down's show on 2/9/64 |
| 32% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 32% | BEARD | 5 | Feature first recommended to this puzzle's subject by an 11-year-old girl |
| 31% | THEPRICEISRIGHT | 15 | Long-running game show with a feature spelled out clockwise by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | TOR | 3 | A.L. East team ... or, after changing a nearby black square, what a little movement by this puzzle's subject might cause |
| 31% | NOWYOUDONT | 10 | Illusionist's phrase illustrated by three Down answers in this puzzle? |
| 30% | IFIWEREARICHMAN | 15 | Song sung by Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 30% | BOOK | 4 | "Cooking by the ___," LazyTown song a chef might sing while consulting a recipe manual for every tasty dish in this puzzle |
| 30% | COUNTDOWNIN | 11 | With 81-Down, tradition suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30% | ATLAST | 6 | Song covered by Celine, Beyoncé and Aretha, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | This puzzle's subject |
| 30% | KHUFU | 5 | This puzzle's subject |
| 30% | OLYMPICFLAG | 11 | This puzzle's subject |
| 30% | THEMOON | 7 | This puzzle's subject |
| 30% | SHELF | 5 | Elf on the ___ (Christmas tradition depicted by this puzzle) |
| 29% | ALIEN | 5 | With 6-Across, subject of an eerie rural legend ... illustrated by connecting nine identically filled squares in this puzzle with a closed line |
| 29% | MOVIN | 5 | "___ On Up," "The Jeffersons" theme song sung by Ja'net DuBois |