| 100% | SUPER | 5 | With 19-Across, series of arcade games that requires saving the Princess in the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 42% | SOPHIE | 6 | With 40-Across, "Game of Thrones" actress whose family adopted the dog that played her direwolf in the series |
| 39% | TOAD | 4 | Protector of the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario games |
| 38% | ELDERSCROLLS | 12 | Award-winning video-game series that takes place in the land of Tamriel, with The |
| 37% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 37% | ZELDA | 5 | The Princess of Hyrule, in a long-running Nintendo video game series |
| 35% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | 1981 arcade game in which the player shoots bugs in a field of mushrooms |
| 35% | FOUROUT | 7 | With 38-Across, games required to win the World Series |
| 35% | PEACH | 5 | Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 34% | DIN | 3 | Goddess of Power, associated with the color red, in the Legend of Zelda series of video games |
| 34% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AUGMENTED | 9 | With 50-Across, category of games that provide a layer on top of the physical world |
| 34% | SUPERMARIO | 10 | Video game franchise set in the Mushroom Kingdom (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PENNY | 5 | "A ___ saved is worth two in the bush," example of 50a that encourages being content with what you have |
| 34% | PING | 4 | With 57-Across, game that includes the starts of 17-, 29-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 34% | KLING | 5 | With 19-Across, its high council meets in the Great Hall of the First City |
| 33% | CLUE | 4 | Game that begins with the murder of Mr. Boddy |
| 33% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Nightmares," horror video game series that follows the journey of a girl in a yellow raincoat |
| 33% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 Alicia Keys song that shares its name with the nickname of Katniss in "The Hunger Games": 3 wds. |
| 33% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 33% | RED | 3 | With 7-Across, flight option that saves money at the expense of sleep |
| 33% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 33% | RAU | 3 | Pitcher Doug who manager Tommy Lasorda famously, and loudly, argued with on the mound in game 4 of the '77 World Series |
| 33% | PEACH | 5 | Princess who's the head of state of the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 32% | CLUE | 4 | Board game that begins with the murder of Mr. Boddy |
| 32% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 32% | NORTH | 5 | The ___, former region of the Seven Kingdoms that is ruled by House Stark in "Game of Thrones" |
| 32% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 32% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 32% | BOSTON | 6 | ___ Celtics, NBA team with a 19-game winning streak in the regular season of 2008-09 |