| 100% | SANTA | 5 | With 37-Across, ship of 1492 |
| 69% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 63% | GEORGE | 6 | With 37-Across, speaker of the query |
| 63% | FROM | 4 | With 37-Across, theme of this puzzle |
| 63% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 37-Across, the King of Pop |
| 62% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 37-Across, late-night host of CBS |
| 62% | DOUNTO | 6 | With 37-Across, start of an ethical rule |
| 60% | NINA | 4 | Ship of 1492 |
| 60% | PINTA | 5 | Ship of 1492 |
| 60% | XXXX | 4 | Ship of 1492 |
| 60% | NATHALIE | 8 | With 37-Across, "Game of Thrones" actress starring in "Megalopolis" |
| 58% | GREAT | 5 | With 37 Across, tall dog |
| 58% | NICOLE | 6 | With 37-Across, "Rabbit Hole" actress who left the Church of Scientology |
| 58% | EACHANSWERHASAN | 15 | With 37- and 54-Across, curious property of this crossword |
| 58% | THENEW | 6 | With 37 Across, alternate puzzle title |
| 58% | TATER | 5 | With 37 Across, alternative to fries |
| 58% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 57% | EARS | 4 | With 37 Across, corn is cooking quickly |
| 56% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 56% | HALF | 4 | With 69-Across, ship of 55-Across |
| 55% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 55% | LOTTE | 5 | With 26-Down, wife of 37-Across |
| 55% | DRIVETO | 7 | With 37-Across, subtitle of a hit Netflix documentary series about Formula 1 racing (2 wds.) |
| 54% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 54% | MARLON | 6 | With 37-Across, "Fifty Shades of Black" actor who plays Aretha's husband Ted White in "Respect" |
| 53% | CAMELS | 6 | Ships of the desert, with humps |
| 53% | MAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, perform perfunctorily … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 53% | THOMAS | 6 | With 37-Across, inventor who held 1,093 US patents and is called "the Wizard of Menlo Park" |
| 52% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 52% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |