| 100% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 71% | OOMPA | 5 | First "word" of a "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 57% | WILLY | 5 | "___ Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," 1971 Gene Wilder film that celebrates a grandson-grandfather relationship |
| 55% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka" song |
| 50% | LOOMPA | 6 | Start for a "land" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 47% | FIFTEENMEN | 10 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" |
| 46% | GENE | 4 | Actor Wilder of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" |
| 46% | AUGUSTUSGLOOP | 13 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who falls in a chocolate river: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WONKA | 5 | “Willy ___ and the Chocolate Factory” |
| 45% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 45% | DEPP | 4 | Johnny of 2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 45% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 45% | MIKETEAVEE | 10 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is miniaturized in a broadcasting accident: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
| 44% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across |
| 44% | WILLYOUPLEASE | 13 | Start of a run-together exchange between Clifton Webb and Dana Andrews in the film Laura |
| 44% | JACKALBERTSON | 13 | "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" actor who played "the Man" on the 1970s series "Chico and the Man": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 44% | RATEDPG | 7 | Like Wonka or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 44% | MINT | 4 | ___ Jujubes, candies from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that gave the boy next door green teeth for a month |
| 43% | INTROIT | 7 | Song at the start of a church service |
| 43% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SOMETHINGWICKED | 15 | Start of a Ray Bradbury title ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | Letters at the start of a preschool song |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of a song about her |
| 42% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Song by Lana Del Rey and a classic of the closet |
| 41% | DEPP | 4 | Johnny of "Chocolat" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 41% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 41% | GENE | 4 | "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" actor ___ Wilder |
| 41% | TIM | 3 | ___ Burton, director of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |