| 100% | UMBERTO | 7 | With 39-Across, "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 74% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose writer |
| 70% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 70% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 69% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" writer Umberto |
| 67% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 60% | AXL | 3 | The name of the Rose? |
| 59% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 59% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author |
| 58% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author Umberto |
| 58% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 57% | ABBOT | 5 | "The Name of the Rose" figure |
| 57% | ABBEY | 5 | "The Name of the Rose" setting |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose'' penner |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose'' author |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose ''author |
| 57% | ECO | 3 | “The Name of the Rose” author |
| 57% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 56% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author Umberto |
| 56% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist Umberto |
| 56% | ROCK | 4 | With 7-Across, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 56% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 39-Across, signer of the 23-/51-Across |
| 56% | UMBERTO | 7 | Italian Eco, who wrote The Name of the Rose |
| 55% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___ ("The Name of the Rose" author) |
| 55% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 55% | NOGALES | 7 | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name |
| 55% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 55% | AMERICANBEAUTY | 14 | Alternative title for "The Name of the Rose"? |