| 100% | THESCOTTISHPLAY | 15 | Superstitious thespian's name for a work of Shakespeare ... from which 21-, 23-, 37-, 58- and 60-Down all come |
| 25% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BAGEL | 5 | Tennis slang for winning a set 6-0, which comes from the shape of "0" |
| 25% | OOBLECK | 7 | Gooey substance made of cornstarch and water, with a name that comes from Dr. Seuss |
| 25% | HALTER | 6 | Piece of backless attire whose name comes from the Germanic for "that by which anything is held" |
| 24% | ALL | 3 | "___ in the Family," TV show about a working class man and his family, which is ranked 9th on Rolling Stone's 2016 list of "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" |
| 24% | THENANNY | 8 | 1990s sitcom in which a woman from Queens works for, and eventually marries, a Broadway producer: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CASHMERE | 8 | Kind of expensive wool, the word for which comes from the Sanskrit word "Kashmir," a place in the Himalayas |
| 24% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 24% | AEDES | 5 | Mosquito genus whose name comes from the Greek for "unpleasant" or "odious", some species of which transmit Zika or dengue |
| 24% | FIRENADO | 8 | Another name for a whirlwind of flames and ash |
| 24% | LUTHIER | 7 | Proper name for a maker of guitars and lutes |
| 24% | AFI | 3 | Movie org. that created a top-100 list from which all of this puzzle's quotes come |
| 23% | GOODNIGHT | 9 | "... and to all a ___!" (end of "A Visit from St. Nicholas") |
| 23% | DOESITSCALE | 11 | Investor's question for a start-up, to which 3-, 8-, 35- and 49-/7-Down reply "Yes!"' |
| 23% | PORTIA | 6 | Moon of Uranus named for a rich heiress in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 23% | ARAM | 4 | Biblical region from which the name of a language is derived |
| 23% | ODE | 3 | Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing" |
| 23% | STEPHANIE | 9 | Name that comes from a Greek word for “crown” |
| 23% | BANQUETTE | 9 | Name for a bench that's long and upholstered |
| 23% | TUES | 4 | It's named for a Scand. god of battle |
| 23% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 22% | ISEE | 4 | "Aha!" ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, 48- and 58-Across |
| 22% | FRI | 3 | It's named for a Norse goddess of wisdom: Abbr. |
| 22% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 22% | PETERPAN | 8 | Jif and Skippy rival named for a character from a children's classic: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ARG | 3 | S. American country whose name comes from the Latin for "silver" |
| 22% | POLO | 4 | Type of shirt whose name comes from a sport |
| 22% | THEOFFICE | 9 | Steve Carell's TV series which was adapted from a BBC series of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 22% | TEA | 3 | Coffee substitute which comes from the leaves of a plant |