100% | THEAGE | 6 | Start of titles by Auden, Wharton and Paine |
44% | PRIDE | 5 | Start of a title by 44-Down |
43% | WORKISTHERUINOF | 15 | Start of a quote by 26- and 32-Down |
43% | MYOUTPUTISDOWNBUT | 17 | Start of a comment by 3- and 126-Down |
41% | SOS | 3 | Title of hit songs by ABBA and Rihanna |
41% | AGOODNAME | 9 | Start of a quote by Lord Jeffery, 18th-century literary critic and judge |
41% | SOS | 3 | Title of different hit songs by ABBA and Rihanna |
40% | SOS | 3 | Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna |
40% | GOODNEWSBADNEWS | 15 | Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across |
40% | AMORES | 6 | Title shared by works of Ovid and D. H. Lawrence |
40% | REHAB | 5 | Title of songs by Rihanna and Amy Winehouse |
40% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
40% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
39% | AGIRL | 5 | End of song titles starting "About" and "I Kissed" |
39% | LOVEME | 6 | Title of hits by Elvis Presley and Justin Bieber |
39% | TOERRISHUMAN | 12 | Start of a Pope line about fallibility ... as shown by 19-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across? |
39% | RODEO | 5 | Title of hits by Garth Brooks and Lil Nas X |
38% | HERO | 4 | Title of hits by Mariah Carey (1993) and Enrique Iglesias (2001) |
38% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
37% | SOMETHINGWICKED | 15 | Start of a Ray Bradbury title ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
37% | TOPSY | 5 | Title twin sister in a series of children's books by Jean and Gareth Adamson |
36% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
36% | THEBRIDGE | 9 | First part of a 1952 best seller's title, followed by 37- and 51-Across |
36% | THE | 3 | Start of many titles |
36% | ATALE | 5 | Start of Dickens title |
35% | CURSE | 5 | Start of many horror titles |
35% | TOA | 3 | Start of many poem titles |
35% | LES | 3 | Start of many French titles |
35% | SONOF | 5 | Start of many sequel titles |
35% | RETURNTO | 8 | Start of some sequel titles |