| 100% | IFYOUAREFREE | 12 | With 34- and 49-Across, Toni Morrison quote |
| 51% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 51% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 46% | DONOTLETTHE | 11 | With 34- and 54-Across, basic instruction for [circled letters] |
| 45% | EMILIA | 6 | With 34-Across, she plays Daenerys Targaryen on 49-Across |
| 45% | FAIRASASTARWHEN | 15 | With 34-Across and 48-Across, Wordsworth lines on Lucy |
| 45% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 34-Across, 2015 Drake and Future mixtape: 3 wds. |
| 45% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator and producer of "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 44% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 44% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with 34-Across and 21-Down |
| 43% | HAVINGAGOODTIME | 15 | With 34-, 43- and 58-Across, message on a tourist's postcard |
| 43% | RACHEL | 6 | With 34-Across, MSNBC host of a nightly news and opinion show |
| 43% | DUETOBUDGETCUTS | 15 | With 34-, 40- and 60-Across, a somber message for our loyal fans |
| 43% | WEVEGOT | 7 | With 34-Across, 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SAM | 3 | With 49-Across, touter of green eggs and ham |
| 42% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 42% | WILLY | 5 | With 34-Across, colorful character in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 42% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |
| 42% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 42% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 42% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | With 37- and 49-Across, possible solution to 12-Down |
| 41% | COOL | 4 | With 66- and 67-Across, source of this puzzle theme's quote |
| 41% | JOSEPH | 6 | With 14- and 45-Across, "Inception" actor who stars in 49-Across |
| 41% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | With 49-Across, where 17-, 24- and 39-Across are seen |
| 41% | THEHANDYMANYOUR | 15 | With 49- and 55-Across, response to 20-Across |
| 41% | ORE | 3 | With 34 Across, train hobbyist's buy |
| 40% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 40% | NICOLE | 6 | With 34-Across, actress who starred in two miniseries based on "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across |
| 40% | WHATMAKES | 9 | With 17- and 49-Across, 2011 debut single for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAKEHOUSE | 9 | With "The," 2006 romantic film starring 34-Across and Keanu Reeves: 2 wds. |