| 100% | SHOR | 4 | Subject of "Toots" by Bob Considine, 1969 |
| 45% | RUSHHOURTRAFFIC | 15 | Subject of frequent reports by helicopter |
| 44% | PROCRASTINATION | 15 | Subject of a definition by Don Marquis |
| 44% | SEINE | 5 | Subject of paintings by Corot and Manet |
| 44% | CEZANNE | 7 | Subject of an 1874 portrait by Pissarro |
| 44% | MAO | 3 | Subject of 199 silkscreen paintings by Warhol |
| 43% | DREAM | 5 | Subject of a painting by Picasso or Rousseau |
| 43% | ANTIGONE | 8 | Subject of plays by Sophocles, Euripides and Cocteau |
| 43% | BOLIVAR | 7 | Subject of an opera by Darius Milhaud: Simon __ |
| 43% | SEASONS | 7 | Subjects of four famous violin concertos by Vivaldi |
| 43% | ELECTRA | 7 | Subject of plays by Sophocles, Sartre and O'Neill |
| 43% | ANCIENTROME | 11 | Subject of a six-volume history by Edward Gibbon |
| 43% | YETI | 4 | Subject of a 1960 expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary |
| 43% | UFO | 3 | Subject of three videos recently released by the Pentagon |
| 42% | ROMANEMPIRE | 11 | Subject of a classic six-volume work by Edward Gibbon |
| 42% | URIGELLER | 9 | Subject of a 1975 exposé by the magician James Randi |
| 41% | MARILYN | 7 | Subject of a painting by Andy and a song by Elton |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | Frequent subject of paintings by Winslow Homer |
| 40% | BUTTERFLYEFFECT | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares |
| 39% | SEA | 3 | Subject of the trilogy penned by Rachel Carson before she wrote "Silent Spring" |
| 39% | SEINE | 5 | Subject of many paintings made by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1886 |
| 39% | RETRACENACIRRUH | 15 | Exonerated boxer who is the subject of a Bob Dylan song |
| 39% | LASTJUDGMENT | 12 | Biblical subject of a fresco painted by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JAMESBROWN | 10 | Subject of the new biopic "Get On Up," played by Chadwick Boseman: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SHOR | 4 | Subject of the 2006 documentary "Toots" |
| 38% | FLUSH | 5 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel; subject of a 1933 biography by Virginia Woolf |
| 38% | NERO | 4 | Detective Wolfe who was the subject of 33 mystery novels by Rex Stout |
| 36% | WIND | 4 | "Blowin' in the ___," 1962 song by Bob Dylan which later became an anthem of change |
| 36% | MARINER | 7 | Pair of Martian space probes launched by the US in 1969 |
| 35% | SUGAR | 5 | "___ Mountain," 1969 song by Neil Young from one of his live albums |