| 100% | POTATO | 6 | With 58-Down, classic toy that dropped gendered titles in 2021 |
| 34% | THE | 3 | With 29-Down, classic '80s flick with a title that refers to 17-year-old Daniel LaRusso |
| 33% | STARTFROM | 9 | With 58-Across, what four Down answers in this puzzle do |
| 32% | BLACKBEAUTY | 11 | Classic novel with a chapter titled "My Breaking In" |
| 32% | BIDEN | 5 | With 10-Across, period that started in January 2021 |
| 32% | SKI | 3 | With 7-Down, hill that people glide down in winter |
| 32% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 31% | STOP | 4 | With 58-Down, drop by |
| 31% | ERODE | 5 | Wear down that woman in East End with poem |
| 31% | CLICKBAIT | 9 | A video that lures you in with its title |
| 31% | LALA | 4 | With 58-Down, head-in-the-clouds place ... or a hint to each answer that has four circles |
| 31% | KIDA | 4 | Classic 2000 Radiohead album that opens with "Everything in Its Right Place" |
| 31% | THEM | 4 | Classic 1954 sci-fi film with an exclamation point in its title |
| 31% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |
| 31% | HELPMENUS | 9 | They may drop down for those in need of assistance |
| 31% | MAUDE | 5 | 1970s sitcom that ended with the title character in Congress |
| 30% | MINARI | 6 | 2021 Best Picture nominee with a title that loosely translates to "water celery" |
| 30% | CEREAL | 6 | Breakfast food that might come in a box with a toy |
| 30% | PARIS | 5 | City that "is burning," in the title of a classic documentary |
| 30% | ARSENIC | 7 | Element which pairs with "Old Lace" in a classic movie title |
| 30% | MAMASAEGO/ID | 12 | Title lyric that precedes "There'll be days like this" in a Shirelles classic |
| 29% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | RADIAL | 6 | With 58 Down, type of auto wheel |
| 29% | FAO | 3 | American toy store ___ Schwarz that's back in business after shutting down in 2015 |
| 29% | ONME | 4 | "Take ___" (1984 song with a classic synth riff that is now in your head) |
| 29% | DRNO | 4 | Villain with the title role in a 1962 movie that introduced 007: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIONELTRAINS | 12 | Classic toys that travel on tracks: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SQUAD | 5 | With 58 Down, an old TV crime show |
| 28% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SNAIL | 5 | Animal that falls in love with a tape dispenser, in a classic New Yorker cartoon |