| 100% | RONALD | 6 | With 39-Across, film star and future US president who was president of SAG, 1959-1960 |
| 44% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 40% | JFK | 3 | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| 39% | WAYOFTHEDRAGON | 14 | 1972 action comedy starring Bruce Lee, who was a close friend of Chuck Norris, and is his only released film with him: 4 wds. |
| 38% | THOMAS | 6 | With 37-Across, inventor who held 1,093 US patents and is called "the Wizard of Menlo Park" |
| 38% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | With 39-Across, pirate witch who was a foe of Popeye in early comics |
| 35% | LINCOLN | 7 | US president who is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | Number of US presidents who were never married |
| 35% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 35% | NYLE | 4 | ___ DiMarco, model and deaf activist who was the winner of season 22 of "Dancing With The Stars" |
| 35% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | US president who coauthored 2018's "The President Is Missing" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 35% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president who was elected four times |
| 35% | VICTORIAARLEN | 13 | ESPN host and Paralympic swimmer who was a semifinalist on season 25 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIMOTHEE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Wonka" actor who costars with Zendaya in the 2021 and 2024 "Dune" films: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OBAMA | 5 | US president who is distantly related to 6 other presidents and Winston Churchill, too |
| 34% | BRADPITT | 8 | Star and coproducer of 16-Across, who is married to 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THELEGENDOF | 11 | With 36-Across, 2000 golf film starring Will Smith and Matt Damon: 3 wds. |
| 34% | SEPARATE | 8 | With 68-Across, 1958 David Niven film, and a feature of the starred answers |
| 34% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of a US president who was born in a log cabin |
| 34% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 34% | BRIDGEOFSPIES | 13 | 2015 film starring Tom Hanks which is about a lawyer who negotiates the release of a U.S. pilot: 3 wds. |
| 34% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 33% | LADY | 4 | With 46-Across, "A Star Is Born" singer/actress who was nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and for Best Original Song |
| 33% | LETO | 4 | Jared ___, I'm the frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars and a film star born the day after Christmas. Who am I? |
| 33% | ICHIRO | 6 | With 41-Across, Japanese baseball player who was named both AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in 2001 |
| 33% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 33% | OBAMA | 5 | U.S. president who was also president of the Harvard Law Review |