| 100% | BACK | 4 | Third word of the title (see 29-Across) |
| 82% | GOT | 3 | Second word of the title (see 29-Across) |
| 69% | WHERE | 5 | Third word of the titles of over 50 "Friends" episodes |
| 58% | ALLISBRIGHT | 11 | Next words of the carol (see 42-across) |
| 58% | ALLISCALM | 9 | Next words of the carol (see 34-across) |
| 58% | HOLYNIGHT | 9 | Next words of the carol (see 17-across) |
| 52% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | Provider of the first words of 29-, 38- and 45-Across |
| 51% | WHO | 3 | Word after "The Cat" in the titles of 29 Lilian Jackson Braun novels |
| 51% | HENCE | 5 | Word often seen at the beginning of a conclusion (therefore...) |
| 50% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 50% | ODE | 3 | First word of the European Union anthem's title |
| 50% | PARIAH | 6 | Outcast, and the title of the third novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 50% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 49% | NOT | 3 | Third word in many of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 49% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 49% | STEPS | 5 | Word in the title of many self-help books |
| 49% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 49% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 49% | HITS | 4 | Word in the titles of lots of compilation albums |
| 49% | ITSME | 5 | Words after the title line of Adele's "Hello" |
| 49% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 48% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 48% | ARLES | 5 | Word in the title of many a van Gogh painting |
| 48% | OPERA | 5 | Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show |
| 48% | FAIL | 4 | Word in the title of many an embarrassing YouTube video |
| 48% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 48% | ETTU | 4 | Words of disbelief found in the four longest Across entries |
| 48% | THREERS | 7 | Elementary education ... or feature of the last words punned upon in 17-, 29-, 49- and 66-Across |
| 47% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |