| 100% | GEORGE | 6 | With 37-Across, speaker of the query |
| 72% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 66% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 37-Across, the King of Pop |
| 64% | WORDFOR | 7 | With 62-Across, end of the query |
| 64% | STEVEN | 6 | With 123-Across, speaker of the quip |
| 62% | NICOLE | 6 | With 37-Across, "Rabbit Hole" actress who left the Church of Scientology |
| 61% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 60% | ENOUGH | 6 | Middle of the quip, with 37-Across |
| 58% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 58% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 58% | MAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, perform perfunctorily … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 57% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 57% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 57% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 57% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 56% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 37-Across, writer whose 15-Across/48-Across was published posthumously with the help of her husband, Patton Oswalt |
| 56% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 56% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 55% | BANANA | 6 | With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 55% | YODA | 4 | Speaker of the 48-Across line |
| 54% | GEORGE | 6 | With 50-Down, speaker of the quotation |
| 54% | TERRA | 5 | With 37-Across, the ground |
| 54% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 54% | EMOPHILIPS | 10 | Speaker of the quip starting at 20-Across |
| 54% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | Speaker of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 53% | NANCYPELOSI | 11 | Speaker of the House honored with the 2019 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 53% | OTIS | 4 | With 72 Across, the King of Elevator Music? |
| 53% | SANTA | 5 | With 37-Across, ship of 1492 |
| 53% | GARDENHOSE | 10 | Backyard item with settings found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 47-Across |
| 53% | FROM | 4 | With 37-Across, theme of this puzzle |