| 100% | FREEWILL | 8 | The capacity of man to choose his own path |
| 41% | FREESPIRIT | 10 | Marcher to the beat of his own drum |
| 39% | AYNRAND | 7 | Who wrote "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think" |
| 36% | POOLCUE | 7 | A pro brings his own to the table |
| 35% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 35% | MATRIX | 6 | To get out of the __ choose the red pill |
| 35% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Owner of a DeLorean in Back to the Future |
| 34% | LSAT | 4 | Part of the path to a JD |
| 34% | PROTEUS | 7 | Old man of the sea, to Homer |
| 34% | STORY | 5 | The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known to man |
| 34% | ESAU | 4 | "A man of the field," according to Genesis |
| 34% | ADAM | 4 | Ancestor of all men according to the Bible |
| 34% | HILLARY | 7 | Edmund —, New Zealand explorer; first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest |
| 34% | DEARSIRS | 8 | The start of a formal letter to a group of men |
| 34% | LANDLORD | 8 | Owner of the place you live, who you pay rent to |
| 34% | BVD | 3 | Men's underwear brand now owned by Fruit of the Loom |
| 33% | DANIEL | 6 | Puppet big cat who moved to his own Neighborhood after leaving the Neighborhood of Make-Believe |
| 33% | MANXCAT | 7 | Endemic animal to the Isle of Man |
| 33% | ERRED | 5 | The man asked his wife which tie she pref___ him to wear |
| 33% | HOMERAWAYFROMHOMER | 18 | A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"? |
| 33% | DEFLECTION | 10 | Alteration made to the path of an object in motion |
| 33% | MOUSE | 5 | Squeaker of the house (often to the owner's dismay) |
| 33% | WAR | 3 | Man o' ___ ("Horse of the Century" that won 20 of his 21 races) |
| 33% | SIDE | 4 | The man decided to stay home because it was snowing out___ his house |
| 32% | PALLADIUMJAMES | 14 | "The Children of Men" author, to a chemist? |
| 32% | EACH | 4 | "To ___ his own" (statement of disagreement) |
| 32% | OWES | 4 | "He ___ his life to the brave police officer." (is in debt of) |
| 32% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 32% | LETO | 4 | Actor Jared who is the front man of Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 32% | BEORIGINAL | 10 | "March to the beat of your own drum!" |