| 100% | EMOPHILIPS | 10 | Speaker of the quip starting at 20-Across |
| 85% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | Speaker of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 64% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 64% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 62% | TIMOTHYLEARY | 12 | Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 59% | ANON | 4 | Author of the quip at 20-, 37-, 51-, 66-, 20-, 37-, and 51-Across |
| 53% | RICEKRISPIES | 12 | Breakfast brand since 1928 that hints at the starts of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
| 53% | MAEWEST | 7 | Speaker of the quip |
| 53% | JMBARRIE | 8 | Speaker of the quip |
| 53% | CASEYSTENGEL | 12 | Speaker of the quip |
| 53% | STEVEN | 6 | With 123-Across, speaker of the quip |
| 52% | DOGS | 4 | Recipients of the cries seen at the starts of 20-, 36- and 50-Across and 7-Down |
| 52% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 52% | FILMDIRECTOR | 12 | Speaker of the last words of 20-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 51% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | Narrative device that peeks at the future ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31-, and 48-Across |
| 50% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | Speaker of the quip revealed by the ends of the answers to 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 48% | MCCARTHY | 8 | Speaker of the House starting in January 2023 |
| 46% | OSCAR | 5 | With 70-Across, source of the quip at 21-, 39- and 58-Across |
| 45% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |
| 45% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 45% | FIRE | 4 | It precedes the starts of 20, 58-Across, 11, 29-Down |
| 45% | ASSETMANAGER | 12 | Adviser concerned with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across |
| 45% | USOPENS | 7 | Annual tournaments ... or a description of the starts of 16-, 20-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across? |
| 44% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 44% | THECHIPMUNKS | 12 | Singing group suggested by the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 44% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 44% | SOLD | 4 | Auctioneer's cry after the starts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 44% | YODA | 4 | Speaker of the 48-Across line |
| 44% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 44% | YEAROFTHEMONKEY | 15 | 2004 ... with a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 51-Across |