| 100% | STARK | 5 | With 31-Across, fictional building in "The Avengers" |
| 56% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 31-Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in "Hitchcock" |
| 56% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 54% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 53% | WALDORF | 7 | Noted Art Deco building in the Big Apple, with "the" |
| 53% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 52% | OVERLOOKHOTEL | 13 | Fictional building in "The Shining": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROBERT | 6 | With 31-Across, singer who performed his song "Addicted to Love" to open the third MTV Video Music Awards, in 1986 |
| 51% | MINKA | 5 | With 31-Across, "The Butler" star who plays Detective Valerie Stahl in 17-Across |
| 50% | HOWARD | 6 | With 38-Across, aviation pioneer who in 1947 built the Spruce Goose, the largest "flying boat" ever |
| 49% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 48% | FLOORPLAN | 9 | Diagram with the layout of rooms in a building |
| 48% | STANLEE | 7 | He had a cameo in The Avengers with the line "Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!" |
| 47% | DUBAI | 5 | Emirate with the tallest building in the world |
| 47% | SORBONNE | 8 | The —, building in the Latin Quarter associated with the former University of Paris |
| 46% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 46% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 46% | BOOBY | 5 | With 127 Across, one of many devices thwarting the burglars in "Home Alone" |
| 46% | THOMAS | 6 | With 65 Across, the first to see his name ''up in lights'' (1881) |
| 46% | AER | 3 | Name of the 31 story building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, completed in 2010 partly with the assistance of robots |
| 46% | SINGLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 2010 Grammy Song of the Year by Beyoncé |
| 46% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "Only Murders in the Building" actor who shares his surname with a guitar maker (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JOEL | 4 | Follower of Hosea in the 31-Across |
| 46% | SORBONNE | 8 | The —, building in the Latin Quarter associated with the former University of Paris, France |
| 46% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31 Across, acre fraction |
| 46% | GREEN | 5 | With 31-Across, filling for the 39-Across special-edition 17-Across |
| 46% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 45% | PIANISTIC | 9 | Skilled with 31 Across |
| 45% | SOFIE | 5 | With 31-Across, novelist who writes the Magical Cats mystery series |
| 45% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |