| 100% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | Speaker of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 85% | EMOPHILIPS | 10 | Speaker of the quip starting at 20-Across |
| 78% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 64% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 62% | TIMOTHYLEARY | 12 | Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-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 |
| 50% | GOWHOLEHOG | 10 | Pull out all the stops, and how to find the animals at the starts of 17-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 50% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | Speaker of the quip revealed by the ends of the answers to 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 49% | ATOP | 4 | At the 27-Across of |
| 48% | ANON | 4 | Author of the quip at 20-, 37-, 51-, 66-, 20-, 37-, and 51-Across |
| 48% | MCCARTHY | 8 | Speaker of the House starting in January 2023 |
| 47% | ORAN | 4 | Port pictured at the start of ''Casablanca'' |
| 47% | BOARDGAME | 9 | Entertainment found at the start of the answer to 17-, 21-, 27-, 45- or 54-Across |
| 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% | DIRTYWORDS | 10 | Curses ... or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 45% | TAROTCARDREADER | 15 | One examining the starts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 44% | EYES | 4 | What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have |
| 44% | BILLY | 5 | Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-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% | INTERMISSION | 12 | Break ... such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across? |
| 44% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 43% | THIRTYDAYS | 10 | Feature of the time periods hinted at by the starting letters of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 43% | NEAPOLITAN | 10 | Kind of ice cream suggested by the starts of 21-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 43% | WAX | 3 | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55-Across |
| 42% | AREACODES | 9 | Digits at the start of digits |