| 100% | BORNWITHA | 9 | With 37- and 50-Across, privileged |
| 65% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 64% | ERIC | 4 | With 37-Across, actor and "Spamalot" writer who cocreated "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 50 years ago |
| 62% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 60% | SHANNEN | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who played 18-Across, 43-Across, and Prue Halliwell on "Charmed," and who turns 50 years old today |
| 60% | IFYOUCHOKE | 10 | With 37- and 67-Across, a question |
| 60% | IWONDERWHERETHE | 15 | With 37- and 38-Across, a musing |
| 60% | IALWAYSTHOUGHTI | 15 | With 37- and 60-Across, a musing |
| 59% | HOWTOWINFRIENDS | 15 | With 37- and 61-Across, a 1936 title |
| 59% | EVERYSPRING | 11 | With 37- and 64-Across, a seasonal observation |
| 59% | PASTPERFORMANCE | 15 | With 37- and 57-Across, a common warning |
| 59% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, what this is |
| 57% | ACHIPOFF | 8 | With 37- and 43-Across, one who takes after dad |
| 57% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | With 37- and 49-Across, possible solution to 12-Down |
| 57% | EACHANSWERHASAN | 15 | With 37- and 54-Across, curious property of this crossword |
| 57% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 56% | LETITSNOW | 9 | With 37-Across and 37-Across, a holiday song |
| 56% | THEYLIVED | 9 | With 37-Across, and 59-Across, a familiar finale |
| 54% | UNITEDKINGDOMOF | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, where "God Save the Queen" is the national anthem |
| 53% | REMOVING | 8 | With 37-Across and 38-Down, step taken after an airline accident |
| 53% | ALL | 3 | With 38- and 50-Across, 1967 Beatles hit |
| 52% | GREAT | 5 | With 37 Across, tall dog |
| 52% | SECRET | 6 | With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 51% | THE | 3 | With 63- and 64-Across, privileged info, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 51% | THENEW | 6 | With 37 Across, alternate puzzle title |
| 51% | TATER | 5 | With 37 Across, alternative to fries |
| 51% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 51% | GOOD | 4 | With 37-Down, what 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across are all said to bring |
| 51% | PARTY | 5 | With 62-Across, clue for 19-, 37- and 50-Across |