| 100% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 50% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | "Silent Spring" writer and namesake of the international environmental award won by 32-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DRAKE | 5 | Singer of 15-Across, 28-Across, and 38-Across who was honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 "Billboard" Music Awards |
| 46% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 David Fincher thriller featuring a Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated score by the members of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ZAKIYA | 6 | With 15 and 16 Across, writer with the 2021 debut novel "The Other Black Girl" |
| 41% | NEIL | 4 | With 15-Across, "How I Met Your Mother" actor who won a 2014 Tony Award for starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" |
| 40% | SALLY | 5 | I wrote "Conversations with Friends" and won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year |
| 40% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 40% | RESTORATION | 11 | Handyman's work suggested by the starts of 18-, 20-, 38- and 57-Across |
| 40% | NAP | 3 | What's described by the ends of 17-, 24-, 38-, 50- and 62-Across |
| 40% | MOON | 4 | Its cycle is indicated by the starts of 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across |
| 40% | CHUCKNORRIS | 11 | Celebrity hinted at by the ends of 30-, 32- and 36-Across |
| 40% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | ROBERTLOUIS | 11 | With 46-Across, Scottish writer of 15-Across and "Treasure Island" born November 13, 1850 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GREGORY | 7 | With 39-Across, writer of "Wicked," 15-Across, and 54-Across |
| 39% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | 1934 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across whose 1987 and 2011 revivals both won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 15- and 22-Across, catchphrase of the Three Musketeers |
| 39% | PRIDE | 5 | With 57-Across, time period honoring the group hinted at by the beginning of the starred clues |
| 39% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 39% | GLAADAWARDS | 11 | Honors won by "A League of Their Own" and "Framing Agnes" in 2023 |
| 38% | POOL | 4 | Game suggested by the ends of 20-, 38- and 55-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 38% | AARON | 5 | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |
| 38% | CLEAR | 5 | With 64-Across, words that can precede the starts of 18-, 31-, 38- and 55-Across |
| 38% | CMAJORSCALE | 11 | When strung together, musical sequence represented by the initials of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 38% | DETECTIVESTORY | 14 | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 38% | CLUE | 4 | Game associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 32-, 40-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 38% | BESTPICTURE | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across each won |
| 38% | DRYMARTINI | 10 | Cocktail made by combining the ends of 17-, 26- and 38-Across |
| 38% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 38% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |