| 100% | DEVIL | 5 | What Beelzebub and The Tempter are both names for |
| 49% | DANIEL | 6 | First name for both, actor Day-Lewis and his character Plainview from the movie "There Will Be Blood" |
| 44% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 44% | MOLUCCAS | 8 | Modern name for what were once the Spice Islands |
| 44% | DOGS | 4 | For what animals are the Canary Islands named? |
| 43% | CAMBRIA | 7 | The medieval name for what is now Wales |
| 43% | SALOP | 5 | Former name for both the county of Shropshire and the town of Shrewsbury |
| 42% | MVP | 3 | What Patrick Mahomes was for the 2020 and '23 Super Bowls |
| 42% | DAYS | 4 | What "M" and "F" are both short for |
| 42% | AMY | 3 | First name for both, actress Schumer and her character Townsend from the movie "Trainwreck" |
| 42% | SAM | 3 | First name for both, actor Rockwell and his character Bell from the movie "Moon" |
| 42% | KATIE | 5 | First name for both, actress Holmes and her character Burke from the movie "Abandon" |
| 42% | TARANTULA | 9 | Name originally used for what is now called the European wolf spider |
| 42% | ROMAN | 5 | Like the figures for whom July and August are named |
| 42% | JACK | 4 | First name for both, actor Nicholson and his character Torrance from the movie "The Shining" |
| 42% | ROBERT | 6 | First name for both, actor Downey Jr. and his character Merivel from the movie "Restoration" |
| 41% | CUPHOLDERS | 10 | Places for drivers' drinks, and literally what the starred answers are |
| 41% | ALAR | 4 | What is the popular name for daminozide? |
| 41% | JERRY | 5 | First name for both, actor Lewis and his character Langford from the movie "The King of Comedy" |
| 41% | EMILY | 5 | First name for both, actress Blunt and her character Charlton from the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" |
| 40% | ALEAST | 6 | What the Rays and Jays are in, for short |
| 40% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 40% | ANNAT | 5 | A half year's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency |
| 40% | AIKIDO | 6 | Martial art whose name is formed from the kanji for “harmony,” “spirit,” and “way” |
| 39% | CMS | 3 | Small measurements that are used both north and south of the US borders, for short |
| 39% | PROSANDCONS | 11 | Both sides of an argument, and what have been switched to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | SANS | 4 | After 1-Across, what the first names at 20-, 36-, 43- and 57-Across all are? |
| 39% | YOUTHGROUP | 10 | Ministry community for religious teens, and what the answer to each starred clue can be called |
| 39% | JOHN | 4 | ___ McVie, bass guitarist and Fleetwood Mac member whose surname was inspiration for the band's name |
| 38% | SPOONERISMS | 11 | What 18-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across all are (whose circled letters name something used with the base phrases) |