| 100% | ZOMBIES | 7 | The Walking Dead is overrun with these creatures |
| 43% | DINOSAURS | 9 | The Chicxulub Crater is related to these creatures |
| 40% | ZOMBIE | 6 | "The Walking Dead" creature |
| 39% | FEAR | 4 | "___ the Walking Dead," American post-apocalyptic TV series that is a spin-off of "The Walking Dead" |
| 39% | ZOMBIES | 7 | The undead creatures in The Walking Dead |
| 38% | THEHILLS | 8 | These are alive with the sound of music |
| 38% | PAWPRINTS | 9 | These marks show a cat's been walking on the car |
| 37% | NAS | 3 | Rapper with the #1 album "Hip Hop Is Dead" |
| 37% | HIP | 3 | Down with what the kids are into these days |
| 37% | JUMBOJET | 8 | The Boeing 747 was the first with this nickname |
| 37% | ORC | 3 | The enemy army was comprised of this creature in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 37% | DOLLAR | 6 | With 88 Across, where the theme goods can be bought these days |
| 37% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| 37% | TRADE | 5 | With 38-Across, what the four key parts of this puzzle are |
| 37% | NAS | 3 | Performer with the hit 2006 album "Hip Hop Is Dead" |
| 36% | NAS | 3 | Hip-hop artist with the #1 album "Hip Hop Is Dead" |
| 36% | ARMS | 4 | The goddess Kali is often depicted with four of these limbs |
| 36% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 36% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 36% | EZEKIEL | 7 | "The Walking Dead" character with a pet tiger |
| 36% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | JLO | 3 | Superstar with the confusingly titled album This Is Me ... Then, for short |
| 36% | AMC | 3 | Cable channel launching "The Walking Dead" spin-offs this year |
| 36% | MAHER | 5 | Bill with the 2024 book "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You" |
| 36% | MINI | 4 | This one was made with "I" as the only vowel |
| 35% | ZOMBIELIKE | 10 | Resembling the walking dead |
| 35% | CASTING | 7 | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |
| 35% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 35% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 35% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |