| 100% | YOU | 3 | Who's reading this |
| 97% | YOU | 3 | Who's reading this? |
| 60% | NERD | 4 | Who's portrayed by this emoji: 🤓 |
| 60% | YOU | 3 | Who's solving this puzzle |
| 60% | YOU | 3 | Who's doing this crossword |
| 57% | YOU | 3 | The person reading this |
| 56% | ALIEN | 5 | One who's out of this world? |
| 56% | OLDHAND | 7 | Person who's not new to this |
| 56% | SPACEMAN | 8 | Visitor who's out of this world? |
| 55% | MANOFLETTER | 11 | One who's read an encyclopedia's first volume? |
| 55% | WAY | 3 | This year's Nationals, who went all the ___ |
| 55% | LOTUSPOSE | 9 | One who's meditating might be in this |
| 54% | EXILE | 5 | Anyone who's "in" this is out |
| 54% | ACROSS | 6 | How this clue's answer reads |
| 54% | TOPTOBOTTOM | 11 | With 54-Across, how to read this puzzle's secret message |
| 53% | WILEECOYOTE | 11 | Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle |
| 53% | LILA | 4 | Wallace who co-founded Reader's Digest |
| 53% | SCRIPT | 6 | Read this before you act |
| 52% | GRETAGARBO | 10 | Actress who's the inspiration for this puzzle's theme? |
| 52% | CON | 3 | Prisoner who's escaped from this puzzle's theme answers |
| 52% | SAJAK | 5 | "Wheel of Fortune" host who's retiring after this season |
| 52% | DANFRENCH | 9 | Comic writer who produced this puzzle's quote |
| 52% | ASKANYONE | 9 | "It's not only me who thinks this" |
| 52% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who read at Clinton's first inauguration |
| 52% | AMANDA | 6 | Poet Gorman, who read at Biden's inauguration |
| 51% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | MARGINALIA | 10 | Reader's jottings ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | OSCAR | 5 | Muppet who loves this puzzle's four longest answers? |
| 51% | COOLIO | 6 | "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper who died this past September |
| 51% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who read at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration |