| 100% | OSCAR | 5 | Statuette received by 13-Across for cowriting the screenplay of 42-Across |
| 41% | MELODRAMA | 9 | 2017 album by 53-Across that received a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year |
| 38% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 36% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 36% | ARR | 3 | What the last letter of 13-Across stands for: Abbr. |
| 36% | DHS | 3 | Those who receive the Edgar Martinez Award, presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, for short |
| 35% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 35% | FOURTHOFJULY | 12 | Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literally |
| 35% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 35% | FROWN | 5 | Face of one looking down, say, or the opposite of 13 Across |
| 34% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Channel for the character named by the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 59-Across |
| 34% | GRAMMY | 6 | Song of the Year award won by Lorde for 36-Across |
| 34% | BANDB | 5 | Quaint lodging hinted at by the outsides of 18-, 20-, 28-, 42-, 51- or 55-Across |
| 34% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 34% | STARTURN | 8 | Most heralded performance...or what the beginning of 13 Across may be? |
| 34% | ARIES | 5 | Source of the fleece found by 105 Across |
| 33% | DADO | 4 | Groove for receiving the end of a board |
| 33% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 33% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across |
| 33% | GIANT | 5 | N.Y. or S.F. athlete known for the beginnings of 21-, 31-, 42-, and 54-Across? |
| 33% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | REAL | 4 | With 27-Across, novel by 42-Across that was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize |
| 33% | BUCKHENRY | 9 | Frequent early-years "SNL" host who cowrote the screenplay of Mike Nichols's film "The Graduate": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Emmy-winning reality series for entrepreneurs ... and a place for the ends of 17-, 27- and 42-Across? |
| 33% | PRINCESSLEIA | 12 | Rebel Alliance fighter captured by 42-Across in 1983's "Return of the Jedi": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | KASDAN | 6 | Lawrence who wrote the screenplay for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" |
| 32% | ODETS | 5 | Playwright who wrote the screenplay for The Sweet Smell of Success |
| 32% | ESSAY | 5 | One of 51 written by Alexander Hamilton for the Federalist Papers |
| 32% | EASYA | 5 | No-brainer class, an example of which is named by combining the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 55-Across |