| 100% | MARYANN | 7 | What is George Eliot's given name? |
| 50% | ANN | 3 | George Eliot's middle name |
| 48% | ALEX | 4 | What is Trebek's first name? |
| 47% | STEWART | 7 | What is actor Stewart Granger's family name? |
| 46% | ZSAZSA | 6 | Gabor sister whose given name was Sári |
| 43% | MAIN | 4 | What a town's central street may be named |
| 42% | MRED | 4 | His given name was spelled with horseshoes in the show's intro |
| 42% | QRCIU | 5 | What the listener might think 16-Across's name is? |
| 42% | MARYANN | 7 | Evans whose nom de plume was George Eliot |
| 42% | WOODROW | 7 | Given name of actor Harrelson (or what's formed by 29-, 32- and 34-Across) |
| 41% | UNDIVIDEDATTENTION | 18 | What you are giving when you contemplate this puzzle’s theme? |
| 41% | TRIBE | 5 | What many a U.S. state is named after |
| 41% | EDGY | 4 | What much of George Carlin's comedy was |
| 41% | ALAR | 4 | What is the popular name for daminozide? |
| 41% | SPUN | 4 | What was done to the straw given to the miller's daughter to turn into gold |
| 40% | AMALA | 5 | Doja Cat's given first name, for which her debut album is named |
| 40% | SILAS | 5 | First name of George Eliot’s “Weaver of Raveloe” |
| 40% | THANKS | 6 | What is given when saying grace or blessing food |
| 40% | DRNO | 4 | Fictional villain whose given name is Julius |
| 40% | LOLITA | 6 | Title girl whose given name is Dolores |
| 39% | LIBERACE | 8 | Entertainer whose given names were Wladziu Valentino |
| 39% | APE | 3 | What Donkey Kong is, despite his name |
| 39% | NAME | 4 | What a newborn is given |
| 39% | OILS | 4 | What Palmolive was named for |
| 39% | ARAL | 4 | Name of what was once the world's second-largest saltwater lake |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | What is measured by a clock Give off, as light |
| 39% | YOYOMA | 6 | Classical musician whose given name is a toy |
| 39% | STEPHENAUSTIN | 13 | Colonizer of what was then part of Mexico, for whom Texas's capital is named: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BYES | 4 | What top seeds may be given |
| 39% | IONIA | 5 | What a column is named for |