| 100% | WHATISA | 7 | With 27- and 35-Across, a Halloween riddle |
| 60% | AGREEKSTOICSAID | 15 | With 27- and 47-Across, a philosophy prof's remark |
| 52% | ADDAMS | 6 | With 27-Across and 37-Across, Anjelica Huston/Raúl Juliá film with a first Thanksgiving reenactment scene |
| 52% | SIC | 3 | Word with a 35-Across before and after it |
| 51% | FLYING | 6 | With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across |
| 51% | SECRET | 6 | With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 50% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 49% | MODERN | 6 | With 35-Across, sitcom set in California with a 2014 same-sex wedding between Cameron and Mitchell |
| 49% | DEMONSAREA | 10 | With 105 Across, a Halloween tune? |
| 49% | TWORHYMINGWORDS | 15 | With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 49% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 49% | WALDO | 5 | Halloween costume with a striped red shirt and glasses |
| 49% | MARIO | 5 | Halloween costume with blue overalls and a red hat |
| 49% | ROBOT | 5 | Halloween costume with a cardboard box and aluminum foil |
| 48% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 48% | TOP | 3 | With 69-Across, a film with 27- and 64-Across |
| 48% | WHATSBLACKWHITE | 15 | With 27-Across, an old riddle |
| 47% | KENBONE | 7 | Popular Halloween costume with a red sweater and moustache |
| 47% | PULL | 4 | With 27-Across, close with a handle |
| 47% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 47% | SAL | 3 | With 35-Across, a cleanser |
| 46% | ONOFFSWITCH | 11 | Electrical device with a hint to answering 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 46% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 46% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 46% | STAR | 4 | With 27-Across, franchise with droids and Darths |
| 46% | CONTINUEDONNEXT | 15 | With 27-Down, like 10-Across and others |
| 46% | IFYOUCHOKE | 10 | With 37- and 67-Across, a question |
| 46% | IWONDERWHERETHE | 15 | With 37- and 38-Across, a musing |
| 46% | IALWAYSTHOUGHTI | 15 | With 37- and 60-Across, a musing |
| 46% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |