| 100% | TON | 3 | Weight measure found in the name mentioned in 5d |
| 47% | RUM | 3 | Alcohol found in the name "Murray" |
| 45% | ALE | 3 | Kind of beer found in the name "Christian Bale" |
| 43% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 43% | GRAM | 4 | Weight measure in the metric system |
| 43% | STONES | 6 | Measures of weight in the uk |
| 42% | STU | 3 | Name found after R in the alphabet |
| 42% | STU | 3 | Name found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | ___ Mills, name of the character played by Elisabeth Shue in the film mentioned in 17a |
| 42% | OSB | 3 | Formal name of the "Black Monks", founded in the 6th century |
| 41% | THEBOWERYKING | 13 | Name of the underground crime lord played by Laurence Fishburne in the film mentioned in 17a: 3 wds. |
| 41% | GRAM | 4 | Small weight measure in the metric system |
| 40% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 40% | SAPPORO | 7 | Beer brand founded in, and named for, the largest city in Hokkaido |
| 39% | EMIL | 4 | Name found by reversing the letters in "lime" |
| 39% | BAILEY | 6 | The beluga whale's name in Finding Dory |
| 39% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 38% | SNOWCRAB | 8 | Seafood named for the cold oceans in which it's commonly found |
| 38% | DELANO | 6 | Middle name of the longest serving US president mentioned in 6-Across |
| 38% | EUREKA | 6 | Name of Dorothy's cat in The Wizard of Oz, originally found by Uncle Henry |
| 38% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |
| 38% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers in America [1736] |
| 37% | PHNOMPENH | 9 | Asian capital named after the woman who supposedly founded it in the fourteenth century |
| 37% | ONEIDA | 6 | Global supplier of tableware and cutlery named after the NY community founded in 1848 |
| 37% | LOT | 3 | ___ Whitcomb who founded Milwaukie, Oregon, named after the Wisconsin city - in 1847 |
| 37% | LOOKUP | 6 | Find in the dictionary |
| 36% | VUGS | 4 | Small crystal lined cavities found in rocks whose name comes from the old Cornish for "cave" |
| 36% | OPCIT | 5 | In the work mentioned (Abbr.) |
| 36% | TONY | 4 | ___ Stark, character in the movie mentioned in 6d |
| 36% | POUND | 5 | Currency used in the country mentioned in 9a |