| 100% | ACUTANGLEE | 10 | Version of the "Hulk" director with an impressively chiseled set of abs? |
| 37% | CURLY | 5 | Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name |
| 36% | AVE | 3 | Pompeii's "House of the Faun" had a "welcome mat" in the entranceway with an informal version of this word inscribed |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 36% | ERIC | 4 | With 1-Down, player of the Hulk in 2003's "Hulk" |
| 35% | JACKKIRBY | 9 | With Stan Lee, co-creator of the Hulk and Thor |
| 35% | STAMEN | 6 | The male organ of a flower, usually with an anther |
| 35% | GENOME | 6 | The full set of genes in an organism |
| 35% | OYSTER | 6 | & 26A Flowering plant of the daisy family with an edible root also called Purple salsify |
| 35% | JAMES | 5 | With 6-Across, director of the F.B.I. |
| 35% | BULLMOOSE | 9 | Mammal with an impressive set of antlers |
| 35% | HAKE | 4 | Food fish of the northern hemisphere with an elongated body, large head and two dorsal fins |
| 34% | BOWDLER | 7 | Thomas —, English publisher of an 1818 expurgated version of The Family Shakespeare |
| 34% | GALAXY | 6 | "Guardians of the ___," superhero film with an interstellar system in its title |
| 34% | PERFECTSQUARE | 13 | With some unscrambling, the contents of each set of circles |
| 34% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the director's version of a movie |
| 34% | NTUPLE | 6 | Math set with an unspecified number of elements |
| 34% | ADWEEK | 6 | Magazine with an Agency of the Year award |
| 34% | INC | 3 | Magazine with an "Entrepreneur of the Year" award |
| 34% | ZEE | 3 | Second-to-last letter, before ampersand, in an obsolete version of the alphabet |
| 34% | JACK | 4 | With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk |
| 34% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the original 1978 version of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WELLES | 6 | Director of a pioneering 1936 "Macbeth" with an all-black cast |
| 34% | SHANGCHI | 8 | The protagonist of Marvel's first movie with an Asian lead |
| 34% | DEADTREE | 8 | Like the print version of an e-book, say |
| 34% | SCIENCE | 7 | Journal with an annual "Breakthrough of the Year" award |
| 34% | PANTONE | 7 | Company with an annual "Color of the Year" award |
| 34% | NASA | 4 | Org. with an Astronomy Picture of the Day site |