| 100% | AXE | 3 | Weapon associated with the film quote "Here's Johnny!" |
| 48% | PTBARNUM | 8 | Showman associated with the quote "There's a sucker born every minute" |
| 44% | RBG | 3 | Initials associated with the quote "When there are nine" |
| 41% | THESHINING | 10 | Movie with the classic line "Here's Johnny!" |
| 40% | CASABLANCA | 10 | Film with the most AFI top 100 quotes (6) |
| 40% | WHATWEVEGOT | 11 | With 37- and 52-Across, #11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 39% | NEWWAVE | 7 | '70s-'80s genre associated with the Knack's "My Sharona" |
| 38% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 37% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 37% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 37% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | RCA | 3 | Brand associated with the painting His Master's Voice |
| 37% | GREENHAM | 8 | & 17D RAF —, former station in Berkshire associated with the women's peace movement |
| 37% | TACO | 4 | Mexican food associated with the day Juliana Tringali Golden's Vox puzzles appear |
| 37% | BOSSBABY | 8 | Animated film with the quote "Cookies are for closers," with The |
| 36% | LIL | 3 | Artist ___ Yachty with the album “Let’s Start Here.” |
| 36% | SONSOFTHEDESERT | 15 | Laurel and Hardy film with the line "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" |
| 36% | TULIP | 5 | Flower associated with the Netherlands |
| 36% | RELIC | 5 | Object associated with the past. |
| 36% | MOPTOPS | 7 | Styles associated with the Beatles |
| 36% | AVON | 4 | River associated with the Bard |
| 36% | YALL | 4 | Pronoun associated with the South |
| 36% | APOLLO | 6 | God associated with the moon |
| 36% | LSD | 3 | Drug associated with the '60s |
| 36% | ATHENA | 6 | Goddess associated with the owl |
| 36% | BODYGUARD | 9 | The __, film with Whitney's I Will Always Love You |
| 36% | PISCES | 6 | Astrological sign associated with the fish |
| 36% | ESTONIA | 7 | Country associated with the Singing Revolution |
| 36% | DONALD | 6 | Name associated with the Taj Mahal |
| 36% | SAPPHIRE | 8 | Gem associated with the planet Saturn |