| 100% | ANCIENT | 7 | With 42-Across, subject of the poem that contains the line 17-/65-Across |
| 51% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the circled squares |
| 48% | GOOD | 4 | With 65-Across, comment that might be heard after the start of 17-, 28-, 45- or 59-Across |
| 47% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 44% | URN | 3 | Subject of the poem with the words "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" |
| 43% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 43% | PING | 4 | With 57-Across, game that includes the starts of 17-, 29-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 43% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 43% | IRISEIRISEIRISE | 15 | Last three lines of the Angelou poem that starts: "You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies" |
| 42% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Line that follows the opening syllables of 19-, 37-, and 42-Across, in a salty refrain |
| 42% | BED | 3 | With 70-Across, what the end of 17-, 33-, 42- or 63-Across describes |
| 41% | ILIAD | 5 | Poem that ends with the funeral of Hector |
| 41% | ILIAD | 5 | Poem that ends with the burial of Hector |
| 41% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 2019 music biopic that tells the story of how 17-Across began collaborating with 27-Across |
| 41% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument with parts that share the last names of 17-Across, 10-Down and 27-Down |
| 41% | MATTER | 6 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 41% | DARK | 4 | With 12 Across, period that followed the fall of the Roman Empire |
| 40% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 40% | ROBERT | 6 | With 65-Across, subject of this puzzle, born 8/17/1943 |
| 39% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 39% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 39% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 39% | ANTHER | 6 | The part of the stamen that contains the pollen |
| 39% | ECONOMICS | 9 | Subject that deals with the wealth of nations, say |
| 39% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 38% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye that contains the pupil |
| 38% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 38% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 38% | PUBLICUTILITIES | 15 | Providers of the necessities that end 17-, 26- and 46-Across |