| 100% | STURM | 5 | With 40- and 41-Across, 18th-century literary and musical movement |
| 51% | ROMANTICISM | 11 | Literary and artistic movement of the late 18th- and 19th-centuries with which Felix Mendelssohn, Percy Shelley and Eugene Delacroix are associated |
| 47% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 41% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 40% | DETECTIVESTORY | 14 | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 40% | GENESIS | 7 | Book with Adam and 41-Across |
| 39% | TRAFFIC | 7 | With 41 Across, red (top) and green (bottom) street-corner devices |
| 39% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 39% | DONTBEGIN | 9 | With 40- and 60-Across, a cautionary message |
| 38% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 Broadway show, with music and lyrics by 41-Across, that won the first Tony for Best Musical: 3 wds. |
| 37% | JUNEPOINTER | 11 | ... and 41-Across sang with their siblings |
| 37% | PIETISM | 7 | Lutheranism movement in the 17th and 18th centuries founded by Philipp Jakob Spener |
| 37% | PHILLISWHEATLEY | 15 | 18th-century poet (whose name shares a feature with 36- and 56-Across) |
| 37% | LIKEA | 5 | With 40- and 46-Across, mossless? ... and #1 on the list |
| 36% | STAY | 4 | With 40-Across, coloring advice ... and literally so |
| 36% | READ | 4 | With 40-Across, infer something ... and literally so |
| 36% | LEGGO | 5 | With "my" and 40-Across, frozen waffle slogan |
| 36% | BEEGEES | 7 | Musical group that recorded 16-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NONEOFTHEMIS | 12 | With 62-Across, surprising fact about 18-, 24-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 35% | TWIST | 5 | With 41- and 42-Across, 1964 Beatles hit |
| 35% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | ANDREW | 6 | With 40- and 51-Across, composer of 29-Down/60-Across, as well as 63-Across |
| 34% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 34% | FINDINGNEMO | 11 | 2003 animated film … with a hint to 17-, 32- and 41-Across |
| 34% | THEBIGFIVEOH | 12 | Milestone birthday, informally ... with a hint to 20-, 31- and 41-Across |
| 34% | ABOLITION | 9 | 18th- and 19th-century movement to end slavery |
| 34% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 34% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 34% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 34% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |