| 100% | BLOWN | 5 | With 49-Across, toppled by the wind |
| 61% | BEVERLY | 7 | With 49-Across, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" doctor played by Gates McFadden |
| 58% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 56% | JULES | 5 | With 49-Across, author of the novel suggested by this puzzle's theme; the movie debuted 10/17/1956 |
| 53% | INASCRABBLEGAME | 15 | With 30- and 49-Across, test question to be answered by filling in the correct circle |
| 51% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 51% | BASEBALL | 8 | With 49-Across, a hint to the circled letters |
| 50% | LISA | 4 | With 49-Across, singer with the 1997 hit "I Do" |
| 50% | BEYONCE | 7 | With 49-Across, singer with the 2004 single "Naughty Girl" |
| 50% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | With 26 Across, memorable spots created by the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 49% | DUSTIN | 6 | With 49-Across, American golfer who won the 2020 Masters Tournament |
| 49% | CHARLIE | 7 | With 49-Across, silent film star who portrayed the Little Tramp |
| 49% | SAILBOAT | 8 | Watercraft that's powered by the wind |
| 49% | DUNE | 4 | Ridge of sand formed by the wind |
| 49% | AROMA | 5 | It may be carried by the wind |
| 49% | WATERWATER | 10 | With 49-Across, famous line from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| 49% | TARA | 4 | "Gone With the Wind" plantation owned by the O'Haras |
| 49% | PITTYPAT | 8 | "Gone with the Wind" aunt played by Laura Hope Crews |
| 48% | EOLIANHARP | 10 | Music maker "played" by the wind |
| 48% | THEFALLOFTHE | 12 | With 49 Across, renowned Gothic tale |
| 48% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 48% | EOLIAN | 6 | Caused by the wind |
| 48% | AIRBORNE | 8 | Carried by the wind |
| 48% | DALLAS | 6 | With 49-Across, team 31-Across played for in the 1996 Super Bowl |
| 47% | CZAR | 4 | Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks |
| 47% | BORNE | 5 | Carried, as by the wind |
| 47% | LOESS | 5 | Loam deposited by the wind |
| 47% | VANE | 4 | Device rotated by the wind |
| 47% | BLOWING | 7 | Movement made by the wind |