| 100% | MINDYOUR | 8 | With 59-Across, maxim chosen by Ben Franklin |
| 43% | SUSPENDED | 9 | With 59 Across, dormancy |
| 43% | ILLDOANYTHINGTO | 15 | With 59 Across, ''Apologies!'' |
| 41% | EUBIE | 5 | With 59 Across, jazz composer/pianist |
| 41% | AMFM | 4 | With 59 Across, dashboard audio device |
| 41% | RED | 3 | With 59 Across, unwanted photo effect |
| 41% | WHERENOMANHAS | 13 | With 59 Across, Captain Kirk's heading? |
| 41% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 41% | PENN | 4 | School founded by Ben Franklin |
| 41% | UPENN | 5 | Sch. founded by Ben Franklin |
| 41% | BIFOCAL | 7 | Lens created by Ben Franklin |
| 41% | PENN | 4 | Sch. founded by Ben Franklin |
| 40% | UPENN | 5 | School founded by Ben Franklin, informally |
| 40% | WECANREMEMBERIT | 15 | With 59-Across, story by 42-Across on which the movie "Total Recall" is based |
| 40% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 40% | IRON | 4 | With 59 Across, what's attached to some benches |
| 39% | BIFOCALS | 8 | Two-part glasses invented by Ben Franklin |
| 39% | 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 |
| 39% | IMJUSTWILD | 10 | With 61 Across, 1948 campaign song by 20/59 Across |
| 39% | MAP | 3 | With 59 Across, what's found within many a legend |
| 39% | RICHARD | 7 | Nom de plume used by Ben Franklin: __ Saunders |
| 35% | COUNTER | 7 | With 59-Across, deli? |
| 35% | EINERECLINER | 12 | With 117 Across, songs to relax by? |
| 35% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 35% | RATA | 4 | With 59-Across, a knock |
| 35% | FAST | 4 | With 59-Across, basketball tactic |
| 35% | FOIE | 4 | With 59-Across, liver delicacy |
| 35% | BID | 3 | With 59-Across, say goodbye |
| 35% | TIMEHEALS | 9 | With 12 Across, maxim stressing the natural resolution of problems |
| 34% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |