| 100% | BOZO | 4 | TV clown whose name describes a foolish person |
| 45% | QWIRKLE | 7 | Game whose name describes a six-tiled line |
| 43% | CSI | 3 | TV show whose name precedes a colon |
| 40% | BOZO | 4 | Name of a classic TV clown |
| 39% | DONOR | 5 | Person whose name appears on a museum plaque |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | Card whose name can also mean a person uninterested in romance |
| 39% | TALKINGHEADS | 12 | Band whose name was taken from a term in TV Guide |
| 39% | BOZO | 4 | Famous clown, or a foolish person |
| 38% | DONOR | 5 | Person whose name appears on a museum plaque, e.g. |
| 38% | TAKEI | 5 | 1960s TV actor whose name looks like a free offer? |
| 38% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |
| 37% | TWIT | 4 | A foolish person |
| 36% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose fandom name is a portmanteau of its title and “geeks” |
| 36% | SCOT | 4 | Many a person whose name starts Mac |
| 36% | SCOT | 4 | Many a person whose name starts "Mc-" |
| 35% | BOZO | 4 | Name of an early TV clown, or a jerk |
| 35% | BOZO | 4 | Featherbrain, or a classic TV clown's name |
| 35% | KRISTEN | 7 | ___ Bell, actress whose name may "ring a bell" from the TV series "Veronica Mars" and "The Good Place" |
| 35% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress whose first name is the same as a TV award: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KRUSTY | 6 | TV clown name |
| 34% | HOLISTIC | 8 | Describes a healer who treats the whole person |
| 34% | MILKBONE | 8 | Biscuit whose name describes its shape |
| 34% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 34% | OCEANSIDE | 9 | California city whose name describes its location |
| 34% | SILLY | 5 | ___ Billy (rhyming term for a foolish person) |
| 33% | CLOT | 4 | Foolish person gets a lump |
| 33% | IDIOT | 5 | A foolish or stupid person |
| 33% | PURITEEN | 8 | Neologism coined to describe a young person whose politics are sex-negative and moralistic |
| 33% | CUBE | 4 | Nissan car whose name describes its boxy appearance |
| 32% | EDUCATED | 8 | Describes a person with a college degree |