| 100% | CANARY | 6 | With 59-Across, harbinger of danger |
| 63% | HEARTINTHE | 10 | With 59-Across, indication of caring |
| 63% | MOBY | 4 | With 59-Across, novel of 1851 |
| 62% | ONEACT | 6 | With 59-Across, some works of Tennessee Williams |
| 60% | MARVIN | 6 | With 59-Across, the other recipient of all five awards |
| 59% | SUSPENDED | 9 | With 59 Across, dormancy |
| 59% | ILLDOANYTHINGTO | 15 | With 59 Across, ''Apologies!'' |
| 57% | EUBIE | 5 | With 59 Across, jazz composer/pianist |
| 57% | AMFM | 4 | With 59 Across, dashboard audio device |
| 57% | RED | 3 | With 59 Across, unwanted photo effect |
| 57% | WHERENOMANHAS | 13 | With 59 Across, Captain Kirk's heading? |
| 57% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 56% | SKIPPING | 8 | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| 55% | IRON | 4 | With 59 Across, what's attached to some benches |
| 54% | MAP | 3 | With 59 Across, what's found within many a legend |
| 54% | FOOLSRUSHIN | 11 | With 36- and 59-Across, words of Alexander Pope |
| 54% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 53% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 52% | SWEET | 5 | With 59-Down, staple beverage of the South |
| 51% | FBI | 3 | With 59-Down, site of forensics testing |
| 51% | ORE | 3 | With 59-Down, brand of frozen potatoes |
| 51% | ONEA | 4 | With 59-Down, brand of multivitamins: 2 wds. |
| 50% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 50% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 50% | IAN | 3 | With 49 Across, speaker of quote |
| 50% | SEAN | 4 | With 25 Across, subject of quote |
| 50% | YOGI | 4 | With 36 Across, source of quote |
| 50% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 51 Across, source of quote |