| 100% | ONEACT | 6 | With 59-Across, some works of Tennessee Williams |
| 51% | IRON | 4 | With 59 Across, what's attached to some benches |
| 51% | 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 |
| 46% | HEARTINTHE | 10 | With 59-Across, indication of caring |
| 46% | MOBY | 4 | With 59-Across, novel of 1851 |
| 46% | CANARY | 6 | With 59-Across, harbinger of danger |
| 45% | THERESSOMETHING | 15 | With 97 Across, working title of a Gore Vidal film? |
| 45% | TATE | 4 | Site of some Millais works, with "the" |
| 45% | DIG | 3 | With 59-Across, Go to work on |
| 44% | LIFEWITHOUT | 11 | With 65 Across, what some 1992 and '96 voters dreamed of? |
| 43% | MARVIN | 6 | With 59-Across, the other recipient of all five awards |
| 43% | SONNETS | 7 | Some works of Wordsworth |
| 43% | SUSPENDED | 9 | With 59 Across, dormancy |
| 43% | ILLDOANYTHINGTO | 15 | With 59 Across, ''Apologies!'' |
| 42% | ETUDES | 6 | Some works of Robert Schumann |
| 42% | ODES | 4 | Some works of Pablo Neruda |
| 42% | EUBIE | 5 | With 59 Across, jazz composer/pianist |
| 42% | AMFM | 4 | With 59 Across, dashboard audio device |
| 42% | RED | 3 | With 59 Across, unwanted photo effect |
| 41% | ASA | 3 | With 18-Across, how some people work |
| 41% | WHERENOMANHAS | 13 | With 59 Across, Captain Kirk's heading? |
| 41% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 41% | FELT | 4 | With 56-Across, features of some pens |
| 41% | TWO | 3 | With 17-Across, value of some opinions |
| 41% | FEDERAL | 7 | With 36-Across, source of some notes |
| 41% | FROG | 4 | With 15-Across, cause of some hoarseness |
| 41% | 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 |
| 40% | IMITATIONGAME | 13 | 2014 movie portraying the work of 25-Across, with "The" |
| 40% | ELM | 3 | With 17-Across, target of some bark beetles |
| 40% | ELM | 3 | With 16-Across, target of some bark beetles |