| 100% | NUTCRACKERSUITE | 15 | With "The," Tchaikovsky work that ends with "Waltz of the Flowers" |
| 51% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares its name with part of the eye |
| 51% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares a name with part of the eye |
| 51% | ILIAD | 5 | Poem that ends with the funeral of Hector |
| 51% | ILIAD | 5 | Poem that ends with the burial of Hector |
| 51% | CRIMEAN | 7 | War that ended with the "Treaty of Paris" |
| 51% | BEETHOVENSONE | 13 | With 127-Across, classical work that's the source of the European Union's anthem |
| 50% | PAXROMANA | 9 | Period that ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius |
| 50% | CLERKSTALE | 10 | Chaucer work that invokes the book of Job, with "The" |
| 50% | CRIMEAN | 7 | War that ended with the "Treaty of Paris" in 1856 |
| 49% | RUR | 3 | 1921 play that ends with the extinction of the human race |
| 49% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 49% | LUCKBEALADY | 11 | "Guys and Dolls" number that ends with the rolling of dice |
| 48% | TEA | 3 | Sip that rhymes with the end of "serenity" |
| 48% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares its name with a part of the eye |
| 48% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares its name with the Greek goddess of the rainbow |
| 47% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye that shares its name with a flower |
| 46% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 45% | BASS | 4 | Word that refers to the lowest range of musical notes and ends with "ss" |
| 45% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," 2003 movie that ends with a classroom-turned-band rocking out in a battle of the bands |
| 45% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 44% | HOLLOWMEN | 9 | The __, Eliot poem that ends with a whimper |
| 44% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 44% | SLASHER | 7 | Canadian anthology horror series with a mystery storyline that is resolved at the end of the season |
| 43% | CONVOLVULUS | 11 | Genus of twining plants with trumpet-shaped flowers that includes the lesser bindweed |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | August is the only month that ends with one |
| 43% | OPART | 5 | Work that gives the illusion of movement |
| 43% | TAIWAN | 6 | Asian island with the largest economy that's not part of the United Nations |
| 43% | DAVIDGRANN | 10 | American journalist who wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Wager," and the works that inspired 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CLAIRDELUNE | 11 | Classic Debussy work that translates as "Light of the Moon" |